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It's really simply on what I want. I'll receive a case file, lets say I have two columns. Lets say the file comes in on 05/05/05 and I place this date in cell A1, and in the second column i want a date to be automactly inserted into the second column by how many days it takes to work the file. In my case it would be 5 days. So whats the formula that I would place in A1 cell to have A2 to insert a date?


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Originally Posted by DaveShoe
Greetings:

I am unclear on what you are searching for, however I will give it a
try:

If you are saying that you have 2 columns, each with a date and you
want to know the difference between the two, you can use a simple
subtraction formula.

if: a2=feb 3 and b2= jan 20
=a2-b2 gives you "14".

Be sure to format this last column as a number or general. You could
achieve similar results if you need to add days to dates, in which it
would yield a new date.
=a2 + 5 gives "feb 8"

Good Luck.

Dave


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