# COLUMN.DATE

COLUMN.DATE returns the date available in the measure or column header.

### Example <a href="#example" id="example"></a>

We want to add a new date measure with the date value extracted from the date hierarchy in the measure's header.

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2Fw8ryuqhOThv8Yfa1fVop%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=e99edfc3-454c-4cc0-9424-e278e6056e89" alt=""><figcaption><p>COLUMN.DATE()</p></figcaption></figure>

If user enters a date in the measure/column header's 'Title', COLUMN.DATE() returns that date from the title overriding the date dimensions in the headers.

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2FJ3Jmiwp3rz2gJk7J5bvd%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=7a657a07-521c-442d-8576-5cd03f026aca" alt=""><figcaption><p>COLUMN.DATE()</p></figcaption></figure>
