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38 <topic id=
"textscalc01func_datevaluexml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
39 <title xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"tit">DATEVALUE
</title>
40 <filename>/text/scalc/
01/func_datevalue.xhp
</filename>
44 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3145621"><bookmark_value>DATEVALUE function
</bookmark_value>
46 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_FUNC_DATWERT" id=
"bm_id3163820" localize=
"false"/>
47 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id3145621" role=
"heading" level=
"2" l10n=
"U"
48 oldref=
"18"><variable id=
"datevalue"><link href=
"text/scalc/01/func_datevalue.xhp">DATEVALUE
</link>
49 </variable></paragraph>
50 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3145087" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"19"><ahelp hid=
"HID_FUNC_DATWERT">Returns the internal date number for text in quotes.
</ahelp></paragraph>
51 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3149281" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"20">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>
52 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id0119200903491982" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW">If the text string also includes a time value, DATEVALUE only returns the integer part of the conversion.
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id3156294" role=
"heading" level=
"3" l10n=
"U"
54 oldref=
"21">Syntax
</paragraph>
55 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3149268" role=
"code" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22">DATEVALUE(
"Text")
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3154819" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"23">
57 <emph>Text
</emph> is a valid date expression and must be entered with quotation marks.
</paragraph>
58 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id3156309" role=
"heading" level=
"3" l10n=
"U"
59 oldref=
"24">Example
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3155841" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"25">
61 <emph>=DATEVALUE(
"1954-07-20")
</emph> yields
19925.
</paragraph>