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  2. <html><head><title>DateValue Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03030102"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
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  12.   <p class="Head1"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="1"/><help:key-word value="DateValue; function" tag="kw66574_1"/><help:link Id="66574">DateValue Function [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  13.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/>Returns a number from a date string. The date string is a complete date in a single numeric value. You can also use this serial number to determine the difference between two dates.</p>
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  15.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Syntax:</p>
  16.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>DateValue [(date)]</p>
  17.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Return value:</p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Long</p>
  19.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Parameters:</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><span class="T1">Date:</span> String expression that contains the date that you want to calculate. The date can be specified in almost any format.</p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="22" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can use this function to convert a date that occurs between December 1, 1582 and December 31, 9999 into a single integer value. You can then use this value to calculate the difference between two dates. If the date argument lies outside the acceptable range, <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Basic returns an error message.</p>
  22.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="23" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>In contrast to the DateSerial function that passes years, months, and days as separate numeric values, the DateValue function passes the date using the format "month.[,]day.[,]year".</p>
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  26.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="24" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Example:</p>
  27.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="25" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sub ExampleDateValue</p>
  28.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="26" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>msgbox DateValue("12/02/1997")</p>
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