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title: "cast to number · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Converts date to number."
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/type%20casting/date_convert_to_number
language: en
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# cast to number

This block is part of the [`type casting`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/type%20casting) group and was last modified in core [`v10.4.28`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/100428).

Converts date to number.

- Date required `date` The date to be converted into a number.

- Number `number` The converted output number.

A typical wiring for [cast to number](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/type%2520casting/date_convert_to_number): the `number` out pin feeds [cast to value](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/type%2520casting/number_convert_to_value).

[![Studio canvas example for the cast to number block: typical wiring for cast to number.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/date_convert_to_number.png)](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/date_convert_to_number.png?v=3)

## Commonly used with

In production blueprints, this block is most often wired together with:

- [set fields](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/mutations/mutations_set_bp_field_multiple): this block feeds into it. Generates an array of mutations based on the given filled fields.

- [get fields](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/object/object_field_getter_multiple): feeds into this block. Gets the selected fields from the given object.

## Version history

Introduced in [`v10.4.28`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/100428).

- [Back to `type casting`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/type%20casting): Return to the main group to view all sub-groups

- [Back to `date`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/type%20casting?group=date): Return to the group to view all blocks within this group

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