Hi,

You can use the EDATE function as follows......
Type the date 01/27/2010 in a cell A1.
Enter the formula =EDATE(A1,6)

Vivek


"Eclaires" wrote:

Please can someone help, I need a formula to calculate a date 6 months
forward from another date and return the future date as the answer in a cell.
ie: start date 27/01/2010 answer will be 27/07/2010.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance


Viv