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Edate problems
I am having problems wtih getting the correct date. My start date is 03/12/06
in cell C4 and I want to calculate 6 calendar months from that date into another cell. All I end up with is 09/12/06, when it should be done in regular calendar months. The answer should be 09/21/06 but I don't know how to get the formula to get that date. I tried using just the date function and then tried edate function. Please help |
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By what criteria should 6 months on from 12 Mar 2006 be 21 Sep 2006?
-- HTH Bob Phillips (replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct) "Jodi" wrote in message ... I am having problems wtih getting the correct date. My start date is 03/12/06 in cell C4 and I want to calculate 6 calendar months from that date into another cell. All I end up with is 09/12/06, when it should be done in regular calendar months. The answer should be 09/21/06 but I don't know how to get the formula to get that date. I tried using just the date function and then tried edate function. Please help |
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=DATE(YEAR(C4),MONTH(C4)+6,DAY(C4)) In article , Jodi wrote: I am having problems wtih getting the correct date. My start date is 03/12/06 in cell C4 and I want to calculate 6 calendar months from that date into another cell. All I end up with is 09/12/06, when it should be done in regular calendar months. The answer should be 09/21/06 but I don't know how to get the formula to get that date. I tried using just the date function and then tried edate function. Please help |
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playing devils advoate here....what say the start date is after 21 of the
month? -- paul remove nospam for email addy! "JE McGimpsey" wrote: One way: =DATE(YEAR(C4),MONTH(C4)+6,DAY(C4)) In article , Jodi wrote: I am having problems wtih getting the correct date. My start date is 03/12/06 in cell C4 and I want to calculate 6 calendar months from that date into another cell. All I end up with is 09/12/06, when it should be done in regular calendar months. The answer should be 09/21/06 but I don't know how to get the formula to get that date. I tried using just the date function and then tried edate function. Please help |
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Do you want to add 180 days rather than 6 months?
=DATE(YEAR(C4),MONTH(C4),DAY(C4)+180). Excel is like a child; it does EXACTLY what you tell it and nothing more. Your challenge is figuring out what to tell it to do. HTH Lou "paul" wrote: playing devils advoate here....what say the start date is after 21 of the month? -- paul remove nospam for email addy! "JE McGimpsey" wrote: One way: =DATE(YEAR(C4),MONTH(C4)+6,DAY(C4)) In article , Jodi wrote: I am having problems wtih getting the correct date. My start date is 03/12/06 in cell C4 and I want to calculate 6 calendar months from that date into another cell. All I end up with is 09/12/06, when it should be done in regular calendar months. The answer should be 09/21/06 but I don't know how to get the formula to get that date. I tried using just the date function and then tried edate function. Please help |
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