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title: "Use the FALSE Function to Return a Logical FALSE Value"
slug: "false-function"
description: "Learn to return the boolean value FALSE in Pigment by using the FALSE function for clean logical operations."
updated: 2025-05-30T09:38:45Z
published: 2025-08-22T10:57:28Z
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# FALSE function
## Description
Returns the logical value FALSE.
## Syntax
FALSE
## Return type
Boolean
## Example
| **Case** | **Returns** | **Return Type** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `IF(Month.'Start Date' > DATE(2020,4,1), TRUE, FALSE)` | returns `TRUE` for all months after April 2020, `FALSE` otherwise | `boolean` |
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**Excel equivalent**: [FALSE](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/false-function-2d58dfa5-9c03-4259-bf8f-f0ae14346904)
**See also**: [AND](/v1/docs/and-function), [OR](/v1/docs/or-function), [NOT](/v1/docs/not-function), [TRUE](/v1/docs/true-function), [IF](/v1/docs/if-function)