Date() function in Julia with Examples

Date() function in Julia works like a Constructors. The date can be constructed by Period types or integer by parsing the given period and integer. By default, it returns 0001-01-01. The first four digits represent the year, the next two digits represent the month and last two digits represent the day.

Syntax: Date(YYYY-MM-DD) or Date(Dates.Year(YYYY), Dates.Month(MM), Dates.Day(DD)) where, YYYY-4 digit integer MM-2 digit integer DD-2 digit integer Returns: A date of fixed format.

Below examples illustrate the use of above function: Example 1: Python3

# Date function in julia
date = Date(Dates.Year(2019), Dates.Month(01), Dates.Day(26))

# Printing the date
println(date)

Output:

2019-01-26

In the above code, all the parameters are passed to the Date() function and it returns a date format. Example 2: Python3

# Date function in julia
date = Date(2020, 07, 7)

# Printing the date
println(date)

Output:

2020-07-07

In this example, all the parameters are passed in a comma separated format and it returns date in specific default format. Example 3: Python3

# Date function in julia
date = Date(2020, 07)

# Printing the date
println(date)

Output:

2020-07-01

In the above code, only two of the parameter(YYYY, MM) is passed in comma separated format and it returns a date format with the default day 01. Example 4: Python3

# Date function in julia
date = Date()

# Printing the date
println(date)

Output:

0001-01-01

In this example, no parameter(YYYY, MM) is passed and it returns a date format with the default date 0001-01-01.