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<paragraph id="hd_id3150772" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03100300.xhp" name="CDate Function">CDate Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150986" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Converts any string or numeric expression to a date value.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148552" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159414" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Date</paragraph>

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<paragraph id="par_id3150359" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Expression:</emph> Any string or numeric expression that you want to convert.</paragraph>
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  <paragraph id="par_id3125864" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">When you convert a string expression, the date and time must be entered either in one of the date acceptance patterns defined for your locale setting (see <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - Language Settings - Languages</menuitem>) or in ISO date format (momentarily, only the ISO format with hyphens, e.g. "2012-12-31" is accepted). In numeric expressions, values to the left of the decimal represent the date, beginning from December 31, 1899. Values to the right of the decimal represent the time.</paragraph>
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  <paragraph id="par_idm1341008080" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    MsgBox cDate(1000.25) ' 09.26.1902 06:00:00</paragraph>
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