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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">DATEVALUE </title>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145087" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_DATWERT">Returns the internal date number for text in quotes.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149281" role="paragraph">The internal date number is returned as a number. The number is determined by the date system that is used by $[officename] to calculate dates.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0119200903491982" role="paragraph">If the text string also includes a time value, DATEVALUE only returns the integer part of the conversion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154819" role="paragraph"><emph>Text</emph> is a valid date expression and must be entered with quotation marks.</paragraph>
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<item type="input">=DATEVALUE("1954-07-20")</item> yields 19925.</paragraph>
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