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**DATE(**//month//,//day//,//year//**)**

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| **DATE** | Return standard date. |
| //month// | A numeric constant, variable, or expression for the //month//. |
| //day// | A numeric constant, variable, or expression for the //day// of the month. |
| //year// | A numeric constant, variable or expression for the //year//. The valid range for a //year// value is 00 through 99 (using "Intellidate" logic), or within the Clarion [[standard date.htm|standard date]] range. |

The **DATE** procedure returns a standard date for a given //month//, //day//, and //year//. The //month// and //day// parameters do allow positive out-of-range values. A //month// value of 13 is interpreted as January of the next year. A //day// value of 32 in January is interpreted as the first of February. Consequently, DATE(12,32,97), DATE(13,1,97), and DATE(1,1,98) all produce the same result.

The century for a two-digit //year// parameter is resolved using the default "Intellidate" logic, which assumes the date falls in the range of the next 20 or previous 80 years from the current operating system date. For example, assuming the current year is 1998, if the //year// parameter is "15," the date returned is in the year 2015, and if the //year// parameter is "60," the date returned is in 1960.

| **Return Data Type:** | LONG |

**Example:**

| **HireDate = ****DATE****(Hir:Month,Hir:Day,Hir:Year)          !Compute hire date** |
| **FirstOfMonth = ****DATE****(MONTH(TODAY()),1,YEAR(TODAY()))  !Compute First day of month** |
| **DaysInMonth = ****DAY****(****DATE****(mn + 1,0,yr))         ****  !Compute days in a month** |

**See Also:**

[[standard date.htm|Standard Date]]

[[day  return day of month .htm|DAY]]

[[month  return month of date .htm|MONTH]]

[[year  return year of date .htm|YEAR]]

[[today  return system date .htm|TODAY]]