- new formula functions: DATEVALUE, ref #65

- fix ineffectual variable assignments
- timeout in go test

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/calc.go b/calc.go
index 9cbc8ec..3e402e6 100644
--- a/calc.go
+++ b/calc.go
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ type formulaFuncs struct {
 //    CUMPRINC
 //    DATE
 //    DATEDIF
+//    DATEVALUE
 //    DAY
 //    DB
 //    DDB
@@ -6515,6 +6516,30 @@ func strToDate(str string) (int, int, int, bool, formulaArg) {
 	return year, month, day, timeIsEmpty, newEmptyFormulaArg()
 }
 
+// DATEVALUE function converts a text representation of a date into an Excel
+// date. For example, the function converts a text string representing a
+// date, into the serial number that represents the date in Excel's date-time
+// code.  The syntax of the function is:
+//
+//    DATEVALUE(date_text)
+//
+func (fn *formulaFuncs) DATEVALUE(argsList *list.List) formulaArg {
+	if argsList.Len() != 1 {
+		return newErrorFormulaArg(formulaErrorVALUE, "DATEVALUE requires 1 argument")
+	}
+	dateText := argsList.Front().Value.(formulaArg).Value()
+	if !isDateOnlyFmt(dateText) {
+		if _, _, _, _, _, err := strToTime(dateText); err.Type == ArgError {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	y, m, d, _, err := strToDate(dateText)
+	if err.Type == ArgError {
+		return err
+	}
+	return newNumberFormulaArg(daysBetween(excelMinTime1900.Unix(), makeDate(y, time.Month(m), d)) + 1)
+}
+
 // DAY function returns the day of a date, represented by a serial number. The
 // day is given as an integer ranging from 1 to 31. The syntax of the
 // function is: