Without resorting to VBA Macros why not put a nested IF statement around
your formula.

Something Like ---

=IF($A2 < 99, your formula with + 2000, your formula with + 1900)

Your formula is then a function of the year, adding 2000 for less than an
implied 1999 and 1900 for an implied greater than 1998. I say implied
because you must decide when the century rolls over which I guess depends on
your historical view and data requirements. You could choose the test as
=IF($A2<60.......) which would give you a range of 1960 to 2059 which I
guess would cover most situations?

Cheers
Nigel

"timspin " wrote in message
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Hi all,

Please help me,

as you can see I am calculating cost depreciation over four years,
starting from the year after the year number in A2. My problem is
dealing with 99 or 98 is fine, but as soon as I get to 00, 01 etc
things go pear shaped. I would like to somehow use nested if and
statement to determine what type of year it is (98 etc or 01 etc) -
and then to calculate the depriciation as determined by my formula.


Sadly, changing the date format isnt an option, please any advice?


All the best
Tim Gee

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