Functions Reference

Date functions
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Date
Purpose
Returns the calendar date for a 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).
year - the year (four digits between 0001 and 4000. For example, 2014 but not 14).
Important The order of the parameters in the Date function is always Month, Day, Year, no matter
what operating system or FileMaker Pro date formats you are using.
Data type returned
date
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
The format of the result depends on the date format that was in use when the database file was
created. In the United States, dates are generally in the format MM/DD/YYYY. You can change the
date format in your operating system.
You can change how the date is displayed by assigning a different date format to the field in Layout
mode. Changing the formatting in this way only affects the way the data is displayed, not how it is
stored.
Important To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years. For more information
about how FileMaker Pro handles two-digit dates, see Conversion of dates with two-digit years.
Note If you type a month greater than 12 or a day greater than the number of days in a month,
FileMaker
Pro adds the extra days or months to the result. The date function also allows zero and
negative numbers as parameters. Decimal numbers are truncated to integers.