Manuals/calci/EDATE

EDATE (start_date,months)

• $start-date$ is the starting date
• $months$ is the number of months with $+$ or $-$
  • EDATE(), returns the serial number of the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date.

Description

• This function gives the date that is mentioned number of months before or after a specified $start-date$.
• $start-date$ must be entered in DATE function format or we can enter with in double quotes(" ").For e.g EDATE("1/2/1990",2).
• $months$ represents the number of months before or after the start date $start-date$.
• If $months$ is positive then the function will display after the $start-date$ or future date
• If $months$ is negative then the function will display before the $start-date$ or past date.
• It is used to calculate maturity dates or due dates that fall on the same day of the month as the date issue.
• We can use the DD/MM/YYYY format also. For Example:"14/5/2005[DD/MM/YYYY]".
• This function will show the result as error when

1.The $start-date$ is not a valid date, or if it is not in the DATE function format.
2.$months$ is not an Integer.

Examples

1. =EDATE("1/1/1910",2) = Tue Mar 01 1910 00:00:00 GMT +0530 (Indian standard time)
2. =EDATE("5/4/1897",5) = Mon Tue 04 1897 00:00:00 GMT +0530 (Indian standard time)
3. =EDATE("11/31/1999",3) = Wed Mar 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT +0530 (Indian standard time)
4. =EDATE("6/6/1979",-2) = Fri Apr 06 1979 00:00:00 GMT +0530 (Indian standard time)
5. =EDATE("4/15/1950",-6) = Sat Oct 15 1949 00:00:00 GMT +0530 (Indian standard time)

Related Videos

EDATE

See Also

• DATE
• DAYS360
• DATEVALUE

References

• Edate

• List of Main Z Functions

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