---
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.

## Syntax

`getDate(year, month, day)`

### Parameters

| Type    | Parameter | Description                                                                                   |
|---------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Integer | `year`    | The year to set for the date.                                                                 |
| Integer | `month`   | The month to set for the date. The month is zero-based, so January is 0 and December is 11.    |
| Integer | `day`     | The day to set for the date. The day is one-based, so the first day of the month is 1.         |

### Returns

**Date** - A date object created from the specified year, month, and day, with the time set to midnight of that day.

## Examples

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