Manuals/calci/EDATE

EDATE (start_date,months)


  • is the starting date
  • 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  .
  •   must be entered in DATE function format or we can enter with in double quotes(" ").For e.g EDATE("1/2/1990",2).
  •   represents the number of months before or after the start date  .
  • If   is positive then the function will display after the   or future date
  • If   is negative then the function will display before the   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   is not a valid date, or if it is not in the DATE function format.
2.  is not an Integer.

Examples

  1. EDATE("1/1/1910",2) = 03/01/1910
  2. EDATE("5/4/1897",5) = 10/04/1897
  3. EDATE(TODAY()) = 02/23/2022
  4. EDATE(TODAY(),2.5) = 05/08/2022
  5. EDATE(TODAY(), 2,"week") = 03/09/2022
  6. EDATE(TODAY(), 2.5,"week") = 03/12/2022
  7. EDATE(TODAY(), -13.5,"week") = 11/20/2021
  8. EDATE(NOW(),1,"week") = 03/02/2022
  9. EDATE(NOW(),1..5,"quarter")
start_date months otherperiodtag EDATE
Wed Feb 23 2022 14:16:56 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) 1 quarter 05/23/2022
Wed Feb 23 2022 14:16:56 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) 2 quarter 08/23/2022
Wed Feb 23 2022 14:16:56 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) 3 quarter 11/23/2022
Wed Feb 23 2022 14:16:56 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) 4 quarter 02/23/2023
Wed Feb 23 2022 14:16:56 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) 5 quarter 05/23/2023

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