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# **Build a date with DATE**

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The year, month and day of a date came from a system in three columns. In D2, use DATE to turn A2, B2 and C2 into one date.

D2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Year | Month | Day | Date |  | |
| 2 | 2024 | 3 | 15 |  |  | |
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