Date and time functions

These functions help you create calculations based on dates and time. Many of the functions in DAX are similar to the Excel date and time functions. However, DAX functions use a datetime data type, and can take values from a column as an argument.

In this category

Function	Description
CALENDAR	Returns a table with a single column named "Date" that contains a contiguous set of dates.
CALENDARAUTO	Returns a table with a single column named "Date" that contains a contiguous set of dates.
DATE	Returns the specified date in datetime format.
DATEDIFF	Returns the number of interval boundaries between two dates.
DATEVALUE	Converts a date in the form of text to a date in datetime format.
DAY	Returns the day of the month, a number from 1 to 31.
EDATE	Returns the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date.
EOMONTH	Returns the date in datetime format of the last day of the month, before or after a specified number of months.
HOUR	Returns the hour as a number from 0 (12:00 A.M.) to 23 (11:00 P.M.).
MINUTE	Returns the minute as a number from 0 to 59, given a date and time value.
MONTH	Returns the month as a number from 1 (January) to 12 (December).
NETWORKDAYS	Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates.
NOW	Returns the current date and time in datetime format.
QUARTER	Returns the quarter as a number from 1 to 4.
SECOND	Returns the seconds of a time value, as a number from 0 to 59.
TIME	Converts hours, minutes, and seconds given as numbers to a time in datetime format.
TIMEVALUE	Converts a time in text format to a time in datetime format.
TODAY	Returns the current date.
UTCNOW	Returns the current UTC date and time
UTCTODAY	Returns the current UTC date.
WEEKDAY	Returns a number from 1 to 7 identifying the day of the week of a date.
WEEKNUM	Returns the week number for the given date and year according to the return_type value.
YEAR	Returns the year of a date as a four digit integer in the range 1900-9999.
YEARFRAC	Calculates the fraction of the year represented by the number of whole days between two dates.