DATE DAX Function (Date and Time)
Returns the specified date in datetime format.
Syntax
| Parameter | Attributes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Year |
A four digit number representing the year. |
|
| Month |
A number from 1 to 12 representing the month of the year. |
|
| Day |
A number from 1 to 31 representing the day of the month. |
Return values
Returns the specified date.
Remarks
A DateTime value can be specified as a literal by using the prefix dt before a string with one of the following formats:
- dt”YYYY-MM-DD”
- dt”YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss”
- dt”YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss”
For example, DATE ( 2023, 5, 19 ) corresponds to dt”2023-05-19″.
Notes about the arguments:
- If Year is between -1800 (zero) and 99 (inclusive), DATE adds that value to 1900 to calculate the year. For example, DATE(98,1,2) returns January 2, 1998 (1900+98). DATE(-50,1,2) returns January 2, 1850.
- If Year is between 1900 and 9999 (inclusive), DATE uses that value as the year. For example, DATE(2008,1,2) returns January 2, 2008.
- If Year is less than -1800 and -1 (inclusive), DATE uses that value as the year. For example, DATE(2008,1,2) returns January 2, 2008.
- If Year is less than -1800 or is 10000 or greater, DATE raises an error.
- If Month is greater than 12, Month adds that number of months to the first month in the year specified. For example, DATE(2008,14,2) returns February 2, 2009.
- If Month is less than 1, Month subtracts the magnitude of that number of months, plus 1, from the first month in the year specified. For example, DATE(2008,-3,2) returns the serial number representing September 2, 2007.
- If Day is greater than the number of days in the month specified, Day adds that number of days to the first day in the month. For example, DATE(2008,1,35) returns the serial number representing February 4, 2008.
- If Day is less than 1, Day subtracts the magnitude of that number of days, plus one, from the first day of the month specified. For example, DATE(2008,1,-15) returns the serial number representing December 16, 2007.
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Examples
-- DATE and TIME are useful to create DateTime columns
-- A DateTime is a number. Therefore, it is possible to
-- sum the date and the time part.
EVALUATE
{
DATE ( 2020, 10, 15 ),
TIME ( 22, 45, 30 ),
DATE ( 2020, 10, 15 ) + TIME ( 22, 45, 30 )
}
| Value |
|---|
| 2020-10-15 00:00:00 |
| 1899-12-30 22:45:30 |
| 2020-10-15 22:45:30 |
-- When the arguments overflow their range, DATE and TIME
-- behave in different ways:
--
-- DATE adds the excess values to the date, moving time forward
-- TIME adds the excess values, but it does never exceed the day
EVALUATE
{
DATE ( 2020, 10, 32 ),
DATE ( 2020, 20, 1 ),
TIME ( 10, 90, 0 ),
TIME ( 50, 0, 0 )
}
| Value |
|---|
| 2020-11-01 00:00:00 |
| 2021-08-01 00:00:00 |
| 1899-12-30 11:30:00 |
| 1899-12-30 02:00:00 |
-- You can use DATE to create a new date, one year later
-- Using built-in functions like EDATE is better, it they are available
EVALUATE
ADDCOLUMNS(
TOPN ( 5, VALUES ( 'Date'[Date] ), 'Date'[Date], ASC ),
"One year later",
DATE (
YEAR ( 'Date'[Date] ) + 1,
MONTH ( 'Date'[Date] ),
DAY ( 'Date'[Date] )
),
"One year later (Using EDATE)",
EDATE ( 'Date'[Date], 12 )
)
| Date | One year later | One year later (Using EDATE) |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-05 | 2006-01-05 | 2006-01-05 |
| 2005-01-04 | 2006-01-04 | 2006-01-04 |
| 2005-01-02 | 2006-01-02 | 2006-01-02 |
| 2005-01-01 | 2006-01-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| 2005-01-03 | 2006-01-03 | 2006-01-03 |
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Last update: Jul 17, 2025 » Contribute » Show contributors
Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo, Philippe Le Page
Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/date-function-dax