Database Reference
In-Depth Information
FuNCTIoN
DESCrIPTIoN
EOMONTH(<
start_date
>, <
months
>)
Returns the date, in datetime for-
mat, of the last day of the month,
before or after a specified number
of months. Use
EOMONTH
to calculate
maturity dates or due dates that fall
on the last day of the month.
HOUR(<
datetime
>)
Returns the hour as a number from
0
(12:00 A.M.) to
23
(11: 0 0 P. M . ) .
MINUTE(<
datetime
>)
Returns the minute as a number from
0
to
59
, given a date and time value.
MONTH(<
datetime
>)
Returns the month as a number from
1
(January) to
12
(December).
NOW()
Returns the current date and time in
datetime format.
SECOND(<
time
>)
Returns the seconds of a time value,
as a number from
0
to
59
.
TIME(
hour
,
minute
,
second
)
Converts hours, minutes, and seconds
given as numbers to a time in date-
time format.
TIMEVALUE(
time_text
)
Converts a time in text format to a
time in datetime format.
TODAY()
Returns the current date.
WEEKDAY(<
date
>, <
return_type
>)
Returns a number from
1
to
7
identi-
fying the day of the week of a date.
By default the day ranges from
1
(Sunday) to
7
(Saturday).
WEEKNUM(<
date
>, <
return_type
>)
Returns the week number for the
given date and year according to the
specified convention. The week num-
ber indicates where the week falls
numerically within a year.
YEAR(<
date
>)
Returns the year of a date as a four
digit integer in the range
1900-9999
.
YEARFRAC(<
start_date
>,
<
end_date
>, <
basis
>)
Calculates the fraction of the year
represented by the number of whole
days between two dates. Use the
YEARFRAC
worksheet function to iden-
tify the proportion of a whole year's
benefits or obligations to assign to a
specific term.
