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FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 30
Date functions
Date functions calculate dates and manipulate date information.
Important To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years.
Note System formats affect the way dates are displayed.
You can use zero (0) and negative numbers as Date function arguments. For example, the following
formula returns 5/31/2010:
Date(6;0;2010)
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Date
Purpose
Returns the calendar date for month, day, and year.
Format
Date(month;day;year)
Parameters
month - the month of the year (a one-digit or two-digit number; see note).
day - the day of the month (a one-digit or two-digit number; see note).
This function Returns
Date The calendar date for the specified month, day, and year.
Day A number in the range 1 through 31, representing the day of the month for a
specified date.
DayName A text string that is the full name of the weekday for the specified date.
DayNameJ A text string that is the full name of the weekday for the specified date in
Japanese.
DayOfWeek A number representing the day of the week the specified date falls on.
DayOfYear A number equal to the number of days from the beginning of the year of the
specified date.
Month A number in the range 1 through 12, representing the number of the month of the
year in which the specified date occurs.
MonthName The name of the month for the specified date.
MonthNameJ The name of the month in Japanese for the specified date.
WeekOfYear The number of weeks after January 1 of the year of the specified date.
WeekOfYearFiscal A number between 1 and 53 representing the week containing a specified date,
figured according to the specified starting day.
Year A number representing the year in which the specified date occurs.
YearName The Japanese year name of the specified date, provided in the specified format.