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Google Sheets date functions

Date functions in Google Sheets, explained with live examples.

26 date functions in Google Sheets0 documented in depth so far, the rest indexed below and landing every week.

All Google Sheets date functions

The full set — deep dives on the way.

DATE
Converts a provided year, month, and day into a date.
DATEDIF
Calculates the number of days, months, or years between two dates.
DATEVALUE
Converts a provided date string in a known format to a date value.
DAY
Returns the day of the month that a specific date falls on, in numeric format.
DAYS
Returns the number of days between two dates.
DAYS360
Returns the difference between two days based on the 360 day year used in some financial interest calculations.
EDATE
Returns a date a specified number of months before or after another date.
EOMONTH
Returns a date representing the last day of a month which falls a specified number of months before or after another date.
EPOCHTODATE
Converts a Unix epoch timestamp in seconds, milliseconds, or microseconds to a datetime in UTC.
HOUR
Returns the hour component of a specific time, in numeric format.
ISOWEEKNUM
Returns the number of the ISO week of the year where the provided date falls.
MINUTE
Returns the minute component of a specific time, in numeric format.
MONTH
Returns the month of the year a specific date falls in, in numeric format.
NETWORKDAYS
Returns the number of net working days between two provided days.
NETWORKDAYS.INTL
Returns the number of net working days between two provided days excluding specified weekend days and holidays.
NOW
Returns the current date and time as a date value.
SECOND
Returns the second component of a specific time, in numeric format.
TIME
Converts a provided hour, minute, and second into a time.
TIMEVALUE
Returns the fraction of a 24-hour day the time represents.
TODAY
Returns the current date as a date value.
WEEKDAY
Returns a number representing the day of the week of the date provided.
WEEKNUM
Returns a number representing the week of the year where the provided date falls.
WORKDAY
Calculates the end date after a specified number of working days.
WORKDAY.INTL
Calculates the date after a specified number of workdays excluding specified weekend days and holidays.
YEAR
Returns the year specified by a given date.
YEARFRAC
Returns the number of years, including fractional years, between two dates using a specified day count convention.

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