Gets a Date object based on a day, month, and year.

Date := DMY2DATE(Day [, Month] [, Year])

Parameters

Day

Type: Integer

The number of the day in the month (1-31)

Month

Type: Integer

The number of the month in the year (1-12). If you omit this optional parameter, the current month will be used as the default.

Year

Type: Integer

The four-digit number of the year. If you omit this optional parameter, the current year is used as the default.

Property Value/Return Value

Type: Date

The resulting date.

Example

This code example requires that you create the following variables and text constants in the C/AL Globals window.

Variable name DataType

Day

Integer

Month

Integer

Year

Integer

OutputDate

Date

Text constant name ConstValue

Text000

Day number %1, month number %2, and year number %3 corresponds to the date %4.

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Day := 17;
Month := 2;
Year := 2014;
OutputDate := DMY2DATE(Day, Month, Year);
MESSAGE(Text000, Day, Month, Year, OutputDate);

On a computer that has the regional format set to English (United States), the message window displays the following:

Day number 17, month number 2, and year number 2014 corresponds to the date 02/17/14.

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