添加日期作为范围中的文字

Question

To add in numbers in an array I can do:

={1,2,3}

To add in text in an array I can do:

={"a","b","c"}

How would I enter in a date? For example, normally I can type in something like 1/1/07 in a cell and it will recognize it as a date. How would I enter that in into an array, such as:

={11/21/86, 11/1/14}

Answer 1

Use DATE function combined with HSTACK as follow:

=HSTACK(DATE(2022,1,14), DATE(2022,5,20))

the array form {} is only for constants (literals). If you want the information in date format this is one way of doing it. Another way is to use string literals and then convert it to a date format as follow:

=DATEVALUE({"2022/1/14","2022/5/20"})

In both cases the date should be in the following range: from January 1, 1900 to December 31, 9999.