The difference between Date() and Date#()

[mokitsu61]

Hi,

I can't under stand the difference between XXXX() function and XXXX#() function.

e.g. Date(), Date#().

Does anyone know this?

[sunny_talwar]

Date is a formatting function... just give it a display whereas Date#() is a interpretation function. It helps QlikView understand a date field which Qlik is not able to interpret by itself.

[shiveshsingh · Accepted solution]

Date#() is used how to interpret the data.  For example

date#('2013_24_10','YYYY_DD_MM') tells that the first four digits are year, the digits between two '_'s are Date, and the last two are Month.

Date() is used to tell how to show the data.  For example

date(today(),'YYYY_DD_MM') returns  2013_24_10

date(today(),'MM/DD/YY') returns  10/24/13

Combination of both:

date(date#('2013_24_10','YYYY_DD_MM'),'MM/DD/YYYY') returns 10/24/2013