@MAKEDATE — converts an MS-DOS day number to a date in any date format supported by this plugin. The day number must be in the range -138426 through +2929244, corresponding to dates from 1601-01-01 through 9999-12-31. If no output format is specified, the local format is assumed.

Syntax:
%@MAKEDATE[n,fmt]

nthe MS-DOS day number
fmtthe date format used to return the date

The day number is the count of days since January 1, 1980. Negative day numbers are allowed, and will return dates prior to 1980.

See also: @DATE, which performs the reverse function.