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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">DateSerial Function [Runtime]</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3157896"><bookmark_value>DateSerial;function</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph id="hd_id3157896" role="heading" level="1" oldref="1" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030101.xhp" name="DateSerial Function [Runtime]">DateSerial Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3143267" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns a <emph>Date</emph> value for a specified year, month, or day.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3147264" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">DateSerial (year, month, day)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3150792" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150398" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="6">Date</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3154141" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="8"><emph>Year:</emph> Integer expression that indicates a year. All values between 0 and 99 are interpreted as the years 1900-1999. For years that fall outside this range, you must enter all four digits.</paragraph>
<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="9"><emph>Month:</emph> Integer expression that indicates the month of the specified year. The accepted range is from 1-12.</paragraph>
<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3151043" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="10"><emph>Day:</emph> Integer expression that indicates the day of the specified month. The accepted range is from 1-31, depending on the month.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3161832" l10n="U" oldref="11">The <emph>DateSerial function</emph> returns the number of days between December 30,1899 and the given date. You can use this function to calculate the difference between two dates.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3155306" l10n="U" oldref="12">The <emph>DateSerial function</emph> returns the data type Variant with VarType 7 (Date). Internally, this value is stored as a Double value, so that when the given date is 1.1.1900, the returned value is 2. Negative values correspond to dates before December 30, 1899 (not inclusive).</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152576" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="13">If a date is defined that lies outside of the accepted range, $[officename] Basic returns an error message.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" oldref="14" role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" l10n="U">Whereas you define the <emph>DateValue function</emph> as a string that contains the date, the <emph>DateSerial function</emph> evaluates each of the parameters (year, month, day) as separate numeric expressions.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3155411" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148646" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="16">Sub ExampleDateSerial</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156441" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="17">Dim lDate as Long</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155415" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="19">lDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147125" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="20">sDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154942" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="21">msgbox lDate REM returns 23476</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151074" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="22">msgbox sDate REM returns 09.04.1964 00:00:00</paragraph>
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