Functions Reference
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About functions
- Functions reference (alphabetical list)
- Aggregate functions
- Date functions
- Design functions
- External functions
- Financial functions
- Get functions
- Get(AccountExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(AccountName)
- Get(AccountPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(ActiveFieldContents)
- Get(ActiveFieldName)
- Get(ActiveFieldTableName)
- Get(ActiveLayoutObjectName)
- Get(ActiveModifierKeys)
- Get(ActivePortalRowNumber)
- Get(ActiveRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ActiveSelectionSize)
- Get(ActiveSelectionStart)
- Get(AllowAbortState)
- Get(AllowToolbarState)
- Get(ApplicationLanguage)
- Get(ApplicationVersion)
- Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)
- Get(CurrentDate)
- Get(CurrentExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(CurrentHostTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(CurrentTime)
- Get(CurrentTimestamp)
- Get(CustomMenuSetName)
- Get(DesktopPath)
- Get(DocumentsPath)
- Get(DocumentsPathListing)
- Get(ErrorCaptureState)
- Get(FileMakerPath)
- Get(FileName)
- Get(FilePath)
- Get(FileSize)
- Get(FoundCount)
- Get(HighContrastColor)
- Get(HighContrastState)
- Get(HostApplicationVersion)
- Get(HostIPAddress)
- Get(HostName)
- Get(LastError)
- Get(LastMessageChoice)
- Get(LastODBCError)
- Get(LayoutAccess)
- Get(LayoutCount)
- Get(LayoutName)
- Get(LayoutNumber)
- Get(LayoutTableName)
- Get(LayoutViewState)
- Get(MultiUserState)
- Get(NetworkProtocol)
- Get(PageNumber)
- Get(PreferencesPath)
- Get(PrinterName)
- Get(QuickFindText)
- Get(RecordAccess)
- Get(RecordID)
- Get(RecordModificationCount)
- Get(RecordNumber)
- Get(RecordOpenCount)
- Get(RecordOpenState)
- Get(RequestCount)
- Get(RequestOmitState)
- Get(ScreenDepth)
- Get(ScreenHeight)
- Get(ScreenWidth)
- Get(ScriptName)
- Get(ScriptParameter)
- Get(ScriptResult)
- Get(SortState)
- Get(StatusAreaState)
- Get(SystemDrive)
- Get(SystemIPAddress)
- Get(SystemLanguage)
- Get(SystemNICAddress)
- Get(SystemPlatform)
- Get(SystemVersion)
- Get(TemporaryPath)
- Get(TextRulerVisible)
- Get(TotalRecordCount)
- Get(TriggerKeystroke)
- Get(TriggerModifierKeys)
- Get(UserCount)
- Get(UserName)
- Get(UseSystemFormatsState)
- Get(WindowContentHeight)
- Get(WindowContentWidth)
- Get(WindowDesktopHeight)
- Get(WindowDesktopWidth)
- Get(WindowHeight)
- Get(WindowLeft)
- Get(WindowMode)
- Get(WindowName)
- Get(WindowTop)
- Get(WindowVisible)
- Get(WindowWidth)
- Get(WindowZoomLevel)
- Logical functions
- Number functions
- Repeating functions
- Summary functions
- Text functions
- Char
- Code
- Exact
- Filter
- FilterValues
- GetAsCSS
- GetAsDate
- GetAsNumber
- GetAsSVG
- GetAsText
- GetAsTime
- GetAsTimestamp
- GetAsURLEncoded
- GetValue
- Hiragana
- KanaHankaku
- KanaZenkaku
- KanjiNumeral
- Katakana
- Left
- LeftValues
- LeftWords
- Length
- Lower
- Middle
- MiddleValues
- MiddleWords
- NumToJText
- PatternCount
- Position
- Proper
- Quote
- Replace
- Right
- RightValues
- RightWords
- RomanHankaku
- RomanZenkaku
- SerialIncrement
- Substitute
- Trim
- TrimAll
- Upper
- ValueCount
- WordCount
- Text formatting functions
- Time functions
- Timestamp functions
- Trigonometric functions
FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 199
GetAsDate
Purpose
Returns dates in text as field type date, for use in formulas involving dates or date functions.
Format
GetAsDate(text)
Parameters
text - any text expression or text field containing text in the same format as the date on the system
where the file was created
Data type returned
date
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Use the GetAsDate or Date function to enter a date constant into a formula. The format of text
date must be the same as the date format on the system where the file was created.
You can also use this function to convert the number of days to a date. If you specify a number as
the parameter, it has to be between 1 (for 1/1/0001) and 1460970 (for 12/31/4000).
Note If the function returns a number instead of a date, go to the Specify Calculation dialog box and
make sure the Calculation result is date.
Important To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years.
Examples
GetAsDate(“03/03/2010”) returns 3/3/2010. You can perform date operations on this result
using the
Date function.
GetAsDate(733325) returns 10/10/2009. The number 733325 specifies the number of days since
1/1/0001.
Related topics
Contents
Functions reference (alphabetical list)
GetAsNumber
Purpose
Returns only the numbers in text, as field type number, for use with formulas involving numbers or
numeric functions.