Edate problems

[Guest]

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

 

[Bob Phillips]

By what criteria should 6 months on from 12 Mar 2006 be 21 Sep 2006?

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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[JE McGimpsey]

One way:

=DATE(YEAR(C4),MONTH(C4)+6,DAY(C4))

 

[Guest]

playing devils advoate here....what say the start date is after 21 of the
month?

 

[Guest]

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