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====== AS_DATE ====== 
===== Description =====  
Converts the given string into a date according to the specified format.
===== Syntax =====

''AS_DATE (text, format)''

Cannot be used in the condition of a [[:ref:a_f:a:find|FIND]] action.

===== Parameters =====
Attribute of the Plain Text type or string constant or calculation producing text and a format string
===== Returns =====

**Date**: the date parsed from the text using the given format

===== Example =====
<code aim>Object.DateAttr = AS_DATE ('02-25-2007', 'MM-dd-yyyy') </code>

===== Related =====

[[ref:a_f:f:af:as_timestamp|AS_TIMESTAMP]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:as_string|AS_STRING]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:as_number|AS_NUMBER]]