Glossary term
What is Serial number (dates)?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Serial number (dates)" means: The number Excel really stores for a date. It counts days, so 2026-01-01 is stored as 46023. It is taught in Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced. Related terms include Number format, Table, Relative, absolute and mixed reference and Tidy list. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Serial number (dates)?
The number Excel really stores for a date. It counts days, so 2026-01-01 is stored as 46023.
Where is Serial number (dates) taught?
Serial number (dates) is defined in Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced.
Which lessons cover Serial number (dates)?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced, lesson 1.3: Number formats: what a cell holds and what it shows
Which terms are related to Serial number (dates)?
Next to Serial number (dates) in the course glossaries: Number format, Table, Relative, absolute and mixed reference, Tidy list, Cell reference, Lookup and key, function and Exact and approximate match.
Number formatTableRelative, absolute and mixed referenceTidy listCell referenceLookup and keyfunctionExact and approximate match
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Serial number (dates)?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced: No earlier spreadsheet experience is needed.