---
name: "numberToDate"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Environment"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/numberToDate
revid: 377267
updated: 2026-01-02T06:34:12Z
---

# numberToDate

*Command · Environment · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

## Description

Convert float number to a date.

## Syntax

```sqf
numberToDate [year, time]
```

**Parameters:**

- `year`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - year value, e.g 2035
- `time`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - 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:** Date

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
setDate numberToDate [2008, 0.5324]; // sets date to [2008,7,13,7,49]
```

## See also

[dateToNumber](../commands/dateToNumber.md) · [getNumber](../commands/getNumber.md) · [isNumber](../commands/isNumber.md) · [parseNumber](../commands/parseNumber.md) · [playersNumber](../commands/playersNumber.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — numberToDate](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/numberToDate) (revision 377267).</sub>