Functions Reference

26 FileMaker Functions Reference
Date
Format
Date(month;day;year)
Parameters
month - the month of the year (a two-digit number; see note).
day - the day of the month (a two-digit number; see note).
year - the year (four digits between 0001 and 4000. For example, 2008 but not 08).
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
Description
Returns the calendar date for month, day, and year.
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 FileMaker Pro Help.
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.
Examples
Date(10;10;2008) returns 10/10/2008.
Date(13;1;2007) returns 1/1/2008 (one month after December 1, 2007).
Date(6;0;2008) returns 5/31/2008 (one day before June 1, 2008).
Date(6;-2;2008) returns 5/29/2008 (three days before June 1, 2008).