One way

With A1 containing, say: January 2005

Put in B1:

=DATE(YEAR($A1),MONTH($A1)-COLUMNS($A$1:A1),1)

Format as per date in A1

Copy B1 across as many cols as needed

The above will return what is wanted
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"marika1981" wrote in message
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I'm trying to create a spreadsheet whereby in cell A1 I enter in any given
Month and Year ("January 2005", formatted as a date), and in cells B1:J1
the
previous months and years show up (December 2004; November 2004; October
2004; etc....) If I type in "April 1985", the adjacent cells would read
"March 1985; February 1985; January 1985; December 1984; etc...

I've thought of a couple laboriuos, crude, potentially faulty ways of
doing
this, but it seems like there should be an eloquent solution.

Very much appreciated!!!
Marika :)