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Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Information · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the N function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06) Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when N’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice versionVerdictTested
24.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
24.8.7.2 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
25.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-24
25.8.7.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-08-06

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=N(A1) A number passed through unchanged -> the number itself 7 7 Matched
=N(TRUE) TRUE -> 1, per Microsoft's N doc example table 1 1
Confirmed via https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/n-function-a624cad1-3635-4208-b54a-29733d1278c9		 Matched
=N(FALSE) FALSE -> 0, per the same doc's TRUE/FALSE convention 0 0 Matched
=N(A1) Text (even numeric-looking text like "7") -> 0, per doc example N("7") = 0 and N("Even") = 0: 'anything else' converts to 0 0 0 Matched
=N(DATE(2024,1,1)) A date -> its underlying serial number, per doc example N(4/17/2011)=40650 45292 45292
2024-01-01 is Excel serial day 45292 under the 1900 date system.		 Matched

Docs & syntax