{"name":"numberToDate","operator":null,"title":"numberToDate","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/numberToDate","revid":377267,"updated":"2026-01-02T06:34:12Z","groups":["Environment"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Convert float number to a date.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"numberToDate [year, time]","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"year","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"year value, e.g 2035","types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"year: Number - year value, e.g 2035"},{"name":"time","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"year time in range 0..1, from beginning to end of the year (e.g `0` is January 1st and `1` is December 31st)","types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"time: Number - year time in range 0..1, from beginning to end of the year (e.g `0` is January 1st and `1` is December 31st)"}],"returns":{"type":"Date","types":["Date"],"description":null,"text":"Date"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"[year, time]","types":["Array"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nsetDate numberToDate [2008, 0.5324]; // sets date to [2008,7,13,7,49]\n```","code":["setDate numberToDate [2008, 0.5324]; // sets date to [2008,7,13,7,49]"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["dateToNumber","getNumber","isNumber","parseNumber","playersNumber"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 2: New Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Environment","Introduced with Arma 2 version 1.00","Scripting Commands","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}