The TO_EXCELDATE function converts a date into an Excel serial number. The input date should be in MM/DD/YYYY format. References and measures that contain date values are also accepted as arguments. This function is commonly used when working with Excel-based date calculations or integrating data with Excel.
TO_EXCELDATE(date)date: The date to convert to an excel serial number.Returns the Excel serial number corresponding to the specified date.
TO_EXCELDATE("08/15/2023")Returns 45153.
In this example, the TO_EXCELDATE function converts the date 08/15/2023 into its corresponding Excel serial number, 45153. Excel stores dates as sequential serial numbers, where each number represents the number of days since the Excel date system's starting point.
