• Date and Time Functions
  • ADDMONTH Function
  • ADDYEAR Function
  • Date and Time Functions
  • Day Function
  • DAYSTR Function
  • DMY Function
  • DTOS Function
  • FMTDATESTR function
  • ITOD Function
  • LDATE Function
  • MKDATE Function
  • MONTH Function
  • MONTHSTR Function
  • PERSTR Function
  • PERTOJ Function
  • SDATE Function
  • SDATETOJ Function
  • SYSDATE Function
  • SYSTIME Function
  • VERDATE Function
  • VERSION Function
  • VERTIME Function
  • YEAR Function

LDATE Function

The LDATE function returns a long date string based on the Regional Settings specified for your computer. Use the LDATE function with an alphanumeric cell.

Syntax

LDATE(expression)

Example 1

LDATE(SYSDATE())

Returns the current system date to a string format. If the system date is 01/01/07, January 1, 2007 appears in the cell.

Example 2

LDATE(CLP13)

Returns the year-end date (as specified in the Engagement Properties) to a string format. If the year-end date is 31/12/08, December 31, 2008 appears in the cell.

Related Topics

• Date and Time Functions