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I need to create a biweekly time sheet from for all days including the
weekends and I need to know what formula you use to enter dates that will
automatically update themselves.

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First date

=A2-WEEKDAY(A2,2)+1

and then

=A2+1

etc.

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I need to create a biweekly time sheet from for all days including the
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do you mean that A2 represents the cells the date begins in?
Because I entered that and got the #NAME? formula error
or do I enter the first date manually
thx

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

First date

=A2-WEEKDAY(A2,2)+1

and then

=A2+1

etc.

--
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HTH

Bob


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I need to create a biweekly time sheet from for all days including the
weekends and I need to know what formula you use to enter dates that will
automatically update themselves.




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Yes I do. The formula adjusts it to the preceding Monday in case it was
wrongly entered.

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"ascott" wrote in message
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do you mean that A2 represents the cells the date begins in?
Because I entered that and got the #NAME? formula error
or do I enter the first date manually
thx

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

First date

=A2-WEEKDAY(A2,2)+1

and then

=A2+1

etc.

--
---
HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
addy)



"ascott" wrote in message
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I need to create a biweekly time sheet from for all days including the
weekends and I need to know what formula you use to enter dates that
will
automatically update themselves.






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OK, so my dates begin in the "b" column with the first column (b14) being a
sunday.
So I entered:
=b14-WEEKDAY(b14,2)+1 and all I got was #######

can you help me understand what I am doing wrong?


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Yes I do. The formula adjusts it to the preceding Monday in case it was
wrongly entered.

--
---
HTH

Bob


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"ascott" wrote in message
...
do you mean that A2 represents the cells the date begins in?
Because I entered that and got the #NAME? formula error
or do I enter the first date manually
thx

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

First date

=A2-WEEKDAY(A2,2)+1

and then

=A2+1

etc.

--
---
HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
addy)



"ascott" wrote in message
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I need to create a biweekly time sheet from for all days including the
weekends and I need to know what formula you use to enter dates that
will
automatically update themselves.









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Try widening the column--or using a smaller font.

And if B14 is empty (or 0), then you'll see the ###'s, too. Excel can't display
negative dates when you're using 1900 date system.

So what's in B14?

ascott wrote:

OK, so my dates begin in the "b" column with the first column (b14) being a
sunday.
So I entered:
=b14-WEEKDAY(b14,2)+1 and all I got was #######

can you help me understand what I am doing wrong?

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Yes I do. The formula adjusts it to the preceding Monday in case it was
wrongly entered.

--
---
HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"ascott" wrote in message
...
do you mean that A2 represents the cells the date begins in?
Because I entered that and got the #NAME? formula error
or do I enter the first date manually
thx

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

First date

=A2-WEEKDAY(A2,2)+1

and then

=A2+1

etc.

--
---
HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
addy)



"ascott" wrote in message
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I need to create a biweekly time sheet from for all days including the
weekends and I need to know what formula you use to enter dates that
will
automatically update themselves.








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