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Date minus 3 months
Hi Everyone,
I adapted this formula from the 'date plus 1 month' question. =MIN(DATE(YEAR(D17),MONTH(D17)+{-1,-3},DAY(D17)*{0,1})) The only problem is the {0,1} in the days. When I input 7/31/06 into D17, I get 5/1/06 as my result, when I want to get 4/30/06. Also when I input 5/31/06 into D17, I get 3/3/06, when I want to get 2/28/06. Any suggestions? Also, I have no idea what those {} brackets are doing...anyone have an explanation? Thanks. |
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Date minus 3 months
Jessica
Try one of these =MIN(DATE(YEAR(D17),MONTH(D17)+{-2,-3},DAY(D17)*{0,1})) or (this one requires the Analysis Toolpak addin to be enabled) =EDATE(D17,-3) Is that something you can work with? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "Jessica" wrote: Hi Everyone, I adapted this formula from the 'date plus 1 month' question. =MIN(DATE(YEAR(D17),MONTH(D17)+{-1,-3},DAY(D17)*{0,1})) The only problem is the {0,1} in the days. When I input 7/31/06 into D17, I get 5/1/06 as my result, when I want to get 4/30/06. Also when I input 5/31/06 into D17, I get 3/3/06, when I want to get 2/28/06. Any suggestions? Also, I have no idea what those {} brackets are doing...anyone have an explanation? Thanks. |
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Hi Jessica, try this:
=EOMONTH(E9,-3) "Jessica" wrote: Hi Everyone, I adapted this formula from the 'date plus 1 month' question. =MIN(DATE(YEAR(D17),MONTH(D17)+{-1,-3},DAY(D17)*{0,1})) The only problem is the {0,1} in the days. When I input 7/31/06 into D17, I get 5/1/06 as my result, when I want to get 4/30/06. Also when I input 5/31/06 into D17, I get 3/3/06, when I want to get 2/28/06. Any suggestions? Also, I have no idea what those {} brackets are doing...anyone have an explanation? Thanks. |
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THANKS! Ron & Paul. Unfortunantly I can't use the tool pack as I am sending
this to a client with limited excel knowledge! Ron's formula worked perfectly! "Jessica" wrote: Hi Everyone, I adapted this formula from the 'date plus 1 month' question. =MIN(DATE(YEAR(D17),MONTH(D17)+{-1,-3},DAY(D17)*{0,1})) The only problem is the {0,1} in the days. When I input 7/31/06 into D17, I get 5/1/06 as my result, when I want to get 4/30/06. Also when I input 5/31/06 into D17, I get 3/3/06, when I want to get 2/28/06. Any suggestions? Also, I have no idea what those {} brackets are doing...anyone have an explanation? Thanks. |
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