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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../../modules.md) / [operations/cip](../index.md) / dateLiteral

# Function: dateLiteral()

> **dateLiteral**(`value`): `string`

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/cip/sql.ts:94](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/0c642abce71b645ae9df3c6046c2bf8396a2845c/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/cip/sql.ts#L94)

Validates a `YYYY-MM-DD` date string and returns it as a quoted SQL date literal.

## Parameters

### value

`string`

Date string expected in `YYYY-MM-DD` form

## Returns

`string`

A quoted SQL date literal

## Throws

If the value is not a valid `YYYY-MM-DD` date