How to subtract 6 months off a date in Excel:
- Select the cell where you want to display the new date.
- In that cell, type the formula (without the quotes).
- Replace "A1" with the cell reference of the original date you want to subtract 6 months from.
- Press Enter.
- The new date will be displayed in the selected cell in the format of a date.
That's it! The
function in Excel allows you to add or subtract a specified number of months from a date. In this case, we used "-6" to subtract 6 months from the original date.