Merge pull request #40184 from rikhuijzer/patch-1

Show broadcasting with Date constructor

Author: quinnj

stdlib/Dates/docs/src/index.md

@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ julia> dt2 = Date("2015-01-02",df)
 2015-01-02
 ```
 
+Alternatively, use broadcasting:
+
+```jldoctest
+julia> years = ["2015", "2016"];
+
+julia> Date.(years, DateFormat("yyyy"))
+2-element Vector{Date}:
+ 2015-01-01
+ 2016-01-01
+```
+
 You can also use the `dateformat""` string macro. This macro creates the `DateFormat` object once when the macro is expanded and uses the same `DateFormat` object even if a code snippet is run multiple times.
 
 ```jldoctest