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Date & Time DAX Functions

Date & Time functions

Power BI support more then 20 types of Date & Time Dax functions, these functions help you create calculations based on dates and time.

Refer this also : Exploring DateTime Functions in DAX: Syntax, Examples, and Common Queries

However, DAX functions use a datetime data type, and can take values from a column as an argument.



Date & Time Dax functions description as below :

S.No DAX Definition
1 CALENDAR Returns a table with a single column named “Date” that contains a contiguous set of dates.
2 CALENDARAUTO Returns a table with a single column named “Date” that contains a contiguous set of dates.
3 DATE Returns the specified date in datetime format.
4 DATEDIFF Returns the count of interval boundaries crossed between two dates.
5 DATEVALUE Converts a date in the form of text to a date in datetime format.
6 DAY Returns the day of the month, a number from 1 to 31.
7 EDATE Returns the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date.
8 EOMONTH Returns the date in datetime format of the last day of the month, before or after a specified number of months.
9 HOUR Returns the hour as a number from 0 (12:00 A.M.) to 23 (11:00 P.M.).
10 MINUTE Returns the minute as a number from 0 to 59, given a date and time value.
11 MONTH Returns the month as a number from 1 (January) to 12 (December).
12 NOW Returns the current date and time in datetime format.
13 QUARTER Returns the quarter as a number from 1 to 4.
14 SECOND Returns the seconds of a time value, as a number from 0 to 59.
15 TIME Converts hours, minutes, and seconds given as numbers to a time in datetime format.
16 TIMEVALUE Converts a time in text format to a time in datetime format.
17 TODAY Returns the current date.
18 WEEKDAY Returns a number from 1 to 7 identifying the day of the week of a date.
19 WEEKNUM Returns the week number for the given date and year according to the return_type value.
20 YEAR Returns the year of a date as a four digit integer in the range 1900-9999.
21 YEARFRAC Calculates the fraction of the year represented by the number of whole days between two dates.

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