Excel DAY function

Summary

The Excel DAY function returns the day of the month, a number between 1 and 31. The DAY function is an Excel date and time function.

Function

=DAY(serial_number)

Arguments (inputs)

serial_number = a number representing a date in Microsoft Excel

Return value

The DAY function returns the day of the month, a number between 1 and 31.

Example

Excel DAY function example

In the example above the DAY function returns the day of the month for the date in cell C5.

=DAY(C5)

The result returned is 20.