---
title: "getDate"
description: "Creates a new Date object given a year, month and a day."
---

# getDate

> Creates a new Date object given a year, month and a day.

**This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.**
## Description
Creates a new Date object given a year, month and a day. The time will be set to midnight of that day. January is 0 and December is 11. The first day of the month is 1.

## Syntax
`getDate(year, month, day)`

- Parameters
    - int **year** - The year that the date will be set to.

    - int **month** - The month that the date will be set to.

    - int **day** - The day that the date will be set to.

- Results
    - Date - The date created from the specified integers.

## Code Examples
```python title="Code Snippet"
getDate(2016, 11, 1) //This example will create a new date object set to December 1st, 2016.
```