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  1. i have a date (mmm-yy) in Column A, Column D represents a number (1, 2 or 3) - I wish to write a formula for if column A shows a month/year, and column D shows number 1, new column should show a date 3 months into future.
    Number 1: 1 month into future
    Number 2: 3 months into future
    Number 3: 6 months into future
    Eg.
    Date: Jun-23
    Number: 1
    New Date: Jul-23

    Date Jun-23
    Number: 2
    New Date: Sep-23

    Date: Jun-23
    Number: 3
    New Date: Dec-23

    Thanks!

      1. Assigned date - completion date example= 15-09-23 - 13-09-23 answer required sir how many days take to completing production.

  2. Is it possible to combine dates in text strings to not repeat days, months, or years if both dates have them in common?

    Example:
    "15 Aug 23-15 Aug 23" would be "15 Aug 23" (day/month/year not repeated)
    "15 Aug 23-16 Aug 23" would be "15-16 Aug 23" (month/year not repeated)
    "15 Aug 23-16 Sep 23" would be "15 Aug-16 Sep 23" (year not repeated)
    "15 Aug 23-16 Jan 24" would be "15 Aug 23-16 Jan 24" (my formula renders this correctly as day/month/year are different)

    Here's the formula I'm currently using to get the first renderings:
    =TEXT(A1,"d mmm yy")&"-"&TEXT(B1,"d mmm yy")
    A1: Start Date
    B1: End Date

    Is this possible? I don't think my current formula is actually on the right path. Is there a way to make Excel return a date range (15-16 Aug 23) given a start date and number of days long (15 Aug 23, 2) or something? Since I have start and end dates, I can calculate length in days in a third column and then use that data in the correct formula in column 4.

    Thanks!

    1. Okay, so I was able to figure out a work around using IF() formulas after breaking out Month and Year in their own columns to compare against.

      A1: Start Date
      B1: End Date
      C1: Start Month
      D1: End Month
      E1: Start Year
      F1: End Year
      G1: =IF(D1>C1,TEXT(A1,"d mmm"&"-"),IF(A1=B1,"",TEXT(A1,"d"&"-")))&TEXT(B1,"d mmm yy")

      I'm sure there's a cleaner way, but this produces the outcome I want. I realized that the end date is always used, it's the start date that is modified depending on it's commonality to the end date. A one day event only needs to show the end date. An event spanning several days of the same month only needs the days from the start date. An event spanning two months needs the day and month from the start date but not the year. An event spanning two years needs the entire start date with the end date.

      This is probably the most complex thing I've done in Excel. I welcome any feedback!

      1. Sorry, copy/paste issues, here is the right formula text string, I also put the logic questions in a logical order:

        A1: Start Date
        B1: End Date
        C1: Event Name
        D1: Start Month C1
        E1: End Month D1
        F1: Start Year E1
        G1: End Year F1
        F1 =(IF(A1=B1,(TEXT(B1,"d mmm yy")),(IF(E1=D1,(TEXT(A1,"d")&"-"&TEXT(B1, "d mmm yy")),IF(F1=G1,(TEXT(A1,"d mmm")&"-"&TEXT(B1, "d mmm yy")),(TEXT(A1,"d mmm yy")&"-"&TEXT(B1,"d mmm yy"))))))&": "&C1)

  3. Hi,

    I am looking to create a formula that will take the date from one cell (say it is cell B2, data is 08/02/2023) and in a new cell, have an IF statement that would produce the following:

    If the date in cell B2 is less than the date in G2 (which is currently a formula of if(isblank(B2),"",B2+30) the new cell would be labeled as "On Hold" but if the date in B2 is greater than the date in G2 the new cell would be labeled as "Past Due".

    This would need to be two arguments, but I am killing myself trying to figure it out and haven't been able to find the correct way to write the formula.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thank you!

  4. I want to convert 11.50 to years months and days, ex: 11.50 is 11 years 6 months and 0days

    1. Hi! If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =INT(A2)&" years "&INT((A2-INT(A2))*12)&" months "&INT(((A2-INT(A2))*10-INT((A2-INT(A2))*10))*30)&" days"

      For more information, please visit: How to round numbers in Excel.

  5. I am trying to create a clock calendar counter in excel.

    if i have one column start date 7/1/203 the next column want an auto set counter to count 21 days from prior date then next column to count 30 days from previous date and last count 90 days from previous date

    Thank you

  6. how to sum total in excel output same format in excel
    1 years, 9 months, 26 days
    1 years, 8 months, 25 days
    0 years, 3 months, 11 days
    0 years, 5 months, 0 days

  7. I am trying to set a formula for days counter
    To subtract a date from today's date: =TODAY()-DATE(2015,5,20) The formula calculates how many days are between the current date and some other ...
    I use a date entered in separate column -- say "H"
    so result "L" = (TODAY()-(Hxx)) where xx is the line-number
    but I need to use a condition as follows:
    if value in column "K" is null or non-numeric (as text), then "L" = (TODAY()-(Hxx)), otherwise "L" = (TODAY()-(Kxx))
    i.e. I need to use a date from column "H" or column "K", depending on - whether the date is entered in column "K". But if column "K" is blank or has some notes (optional), then the conditional formula should use value of the column "H".
    Could anyone suggest that type of conditional formula?
    Thank you

      1. Great, Alexander !
        Thank you very much !! it works well.

  8. December, 21 2022 Date Change Formate 21/12/2022

  9. Can you correct a date where the month was incorrectly entered as a year??
    For example:
    Jan 1, 2023 was entered as '2001-1-23'

    How can I correct it to read '01/01/23'

    1. Split this value into text strings with "-" delimiters using the TEXTSPLIT function. Use these in the DATE function to get the date.
      You can find more information about the CHOOSECOLS function in this article.

      =DATE(CHOOSECOLS(TEXTSPLIT(A1,"-"),1), CHOOSECOLS(TEXTSPLIT(A1,"-"),2), CHOOSECOLS(TEXTSPLIT(A1,"-"),3))

      I recommend paying attention to the Convert Text to Date tool. This simple tool easily converts text strings of different formats to dates without formulas. It is available as a part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel that you can install in a trial mode and check how it works for free.

  10. Hi

    Relatively easy one (I hope!) - i just need to calculate the salary due to a leaver based on the days in the month.

    If a person is leaving, they receive their salary / 12 / days in month of leaving * how many days up to their leave date. So someone leaving on 19th March would receive 30000 / 12 / 31 * 19 = 1532.26

    We have the salary and date of leaving in separate columns, how do we put in a formula to do the 1532.26 using the salary and date of leaving columns?

    Thanks for help! : )

      1. Thanks for this and I can see the benefit and will use in the future.

        But what if I wanted to calculate the salary due on the actual leave date as opposed to todays date:

        30000 19/03/2023 Formula to return 1532.26

        Many thanks

        1. Don't worry, I've used the basis of your formula and inserted the column references and it now works fine! : )

          Many thanks again

  11. Hi,
    Is there a formula for turning dates and events as data in an excel spreadsheet into an excel calendar template.
    Thanks for your help

  12. Is there a formula that combines the vlookup function (for invoice due date terms) and due date based off invoice date? I have a formula that automatically adds 30 days to the invoice date to get the due date, but a handful of customers have different terms (45, 60 and 90 days) that I have in a separate table. I want to take the invoice date, use the vlookup function on the customer's name to get the terms and then get an invoice due date. Is this possible?

  13. Is there a formula to extract the date from a cell containing "Wed Feb 22 2023 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)" and convert it to mm/dd/yyyy?

    Thanks in advance!

    1. Hello!
      You can use MID function to extract the desired parts of the text string and use them in DATE function.

      =DATE(MID(A1,12,4),MONTH(1&MID(A1,5,3)),MID(A1,9,2))

      To convert text to date, you can use this Excel tool. With Ablebits Text to Date tool, users can quickly convert dates, including those with different separators (dots, dashes, slashes, etc.), correctly interpret ambiguous dates or dates in various formats, and format resulting dates according to their needs. It is available as a part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel that you can install in a trial mode and check how it works for free.

    2. Hi!
      Вы можете тимпользовать функцию MID чтобы извлечь нужные части текствов

      =DATE(MID(A1,12,4),MONTH(1&MID(A1,5,3)),MID(A1,9,2))

  14. Dear Alexander

    I have a list of task with different dates.
    I want to get e text "due in first week", due in 2nd week, due in 3rd week, depending upon the due date.
    Would appreciate your input on this

    Rgds
    Louis

  15. =IF(TODAY()=DATEVALUE("2023-02-07"),INDEX(PLAYING!$E$1:$G$200,MATCH(DE4,PLAYING!$E$1:PLAYING!$E$200,0),2))
    This formula works great except, once it executes on the given date it gives me the correct answer. But once the date has passed it changes the answer to FALSE. Some how I need to retain the answer that was given on the exact date of execution. I have been copy, paste, value to retain the correct answer. But was looking at anyway to keep the correct answer with out extra steps.
    Any help to point me in the right direction would greatly be appreciated.
    Thank You

    1. Hi!
      If I understand your task correctly, you are replacing the TODAY function in the formula with a reference to the cell where the desired date should be written. However, in order to get results on a specific date, your table must contain a column with dates. In this case, I assume there is no such column.

  16. I am looking for a few formulas for the following.
    - I have two start dates (Original and the a start date for the fiscal year), i have a formula that will calculate the current time in program in years/months based on the original start date.
    -I have another formula that will calculate the total amount of time in program based on original start date and end date.

    I would like to know if there is a formula available to ensure that the current amount of time in program will stop calculating to the current date if the 'end date' is entered.
    I would also like to know how to get an average formula in months based on my column for current time in program for the table.
    Please help.
    Thank you

  17. Hi there I"d love some help with either excel or google spreadsheets for enrolments for school.
    I'd like to start with DOB (date of birth DD/MM/YYYY) + 5 years and then If the month is jan/feb/march/april then the result is 1 and if the month is may- dec then the result is 0

    Example: 21/09/1966 + 5 years 21/09/1971 if the month is sept then the result is year 0

    Hoping you can help

  18. Hi Sir,
    I am trying to pickup date from below data. Can you please help me . I dont know which formula i have to use with. i have 18 thousand rows to pickup the dates. Thank you .
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10141/19/2023Tier 2 - Catering Cartfront
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10241/19/2023Tier 2 - Catering Cartfront
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10671/18/2023Tier 2 - Catering Cartfront
    Security: Test ObjectIAH4451/5/2023Tier 2 - Cabin CompartmentN/A
    Security: Test ObjectIAH11841/17/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket3e
    Security: Test ObjectIAH14641/29/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket34C
    Security: Test ObjectIAH13691/21/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket3B
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10841/28/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket39c
    Security: Test ObjectIAH13811/23/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket5B
    Security: Test ObjectIAH20931/25/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket39c
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10161/25/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket37c
    Security: Test ObjectIAH20671/30/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket34C
    Security: Test ObjectIAH62261/28/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket7C
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10341/25/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket1e
    Security: Test ObjectIAH13811/29/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket20E
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10141/15/2023Tier 3 - Water Heaterfront
    Security: Test ObjectIAH16751/11/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket3B
    Security: Test ObjectIAH20671/18/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket3B
    Security: Test ObjectIAH22141/12/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket3B
    Security: Test ObjectIAH14391/12/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket3e
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10241/4/2023Tier 2 - Catering Cartfront
    Security: Test ObjectIAH10021/12/2023Tier 1 - Seatback Pocket4E
    Security: Test ObjectIAH5181/2/2023Tier 2 - Cabin CompartmentN/A

    1. Hello!
      Your data has no general pattern and is 9 or 10 characters long. Also, the text before the date is of different lengths. Unfortunately, I cannot help you.

  19. Can this formula be used to always return the following 31 March from another date eg if I start with 1 April 2017 or 1 January 2018 is there a formula to return 31 March 2018 regardless of what the start date is?

    1. Hello!
      If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

      =IF(A1>DATE(YEAR(A1),3,31),DATE(YEAR(A1)+1,3,31),DATE(YEAR(A1),3,31))

  20. Hi i want to calculate below duplicate excel dates only one time. ans should be total 8 days please suggest is his possible.
    01-Jan-22
    02-Jan-22
    03-Jan-22
    04-Jan-22
    05-Jan-22
    06-Jan-22
    07-Jan-22
    08-Jan-22
    04-Jan-22
    05-Jan-22
    06-Jan-22
    07-Jan-22
    08-Jan-22

  21. HOW CAN I USE A FORMULA PICK UP THE DATES FOR TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS ONLY IN A MONTH

  22. Excel formula If Date is between July 1 2019 - June 30 2020 enter Fy20 and If between July 1 2020 - June 30 2021 enter FY21 and If between July 1 2021 - June 30 2022 enter FY22

  23. Hi Brains trust,

    I am using "online google Sheets" version of excel
    And have created check boxes to track production of components.
    I have used this formula =if(H3,Today()) in a seperate cell to track the date the check box was done, however, when a new check box is chosen along the process it changes all the existing dates to todays date also. Does anyone know how I can adjust the formula to keep the date each check box was ticked?

    Thanks for your help

  24. Hello, I have the following data: Cities, order creation dates and order confirmation dates. I need to count the number of orders in each city with the same order and confirmation date. I'm counting with the countifs function, but I can't figure out where the problem could be, maybe I'm putting the function together wrong?

      1. I have tried many ways but I am not getting any result. How should the function look like to calculate how many values ​​there are when the creation date and the verified date is the same:

        Column A - City name, Column B - Creation date, Column C - Verified date, my function look like this: =COUNTIFS(A:A,G16,B:B,"=C2")

        G16 is the city name for which all values ​​satisfying the condition must be counted. The date format is Short date.

        1. Hi!
          Look closely at the syntax of the COUNTIFS function. The = sign is not used in function arguments. Also take a look at the link I gave you earlier.

          =COUNTIFS(A:A,G16,B:B,C2)

  25. Hi,

    I used the Excel DATE function to calculate dates for example (=DATE(YEAR(D4)+1,MONTH(D4),DAY(D4)) so when I enter say 1/1/2022 the next cell will automatically say 1/1/2023

    Can I auto fill the formula to a blank cell? When I auto fill it to a blank cell a date (1/1/1900) appears. I want the cell to remain a blank cell but still have the formula in it so when someone enters a date the next dates will automatically appear. So if I enter say 1/1/22 into one cell 1/1/23 will appear next to it and so on.

    Is this possible or will I have to put up with 1/1/1900 until I enter a date into the cell?

    1. Hello!
      Use conditional formatting in a cell with a condition formula

      =D4=""

      Set a custom number format in conditional formatting to not show zero: #,##0;-#,##0;
      Add a condition to your formula:

      =IF(D4="","",DATE(YEAR(D4)+1,MONTH(D4),DAY(D4)))

      I hope I answered your question. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  26. Sir I have little complex requirement

    In my below statement of account I need to pull the closing balance of any particular date how it will be possible, please help

    below is my example

    Date Description Debit Credit Balance
    05/11/2022 Opening balance 6,200.00 6,200.00
    05/11/2022 Paid to Raju 230.00 5,970.00
    05/11/2022 Received from Vijay 550.00 6,520.00
    06/11/2022 Cash Collection 8,345.00 14,865.00
    06/11/2022 Food Expenses 258.00 14,607.00
    06/11/2022 Travelling Expenses 879.00 13,728.00
    06/11/2022 Paid to Stanly 980.00 12,748.00
    07/11/2022 Trafic Fine 85.00 12,663.00
    07/11/2022 Cash Collection 3,330.00 15,993.00

    In cell my date is 6/11/2022 and in cell i need the result of closing balance of 6/11/2022, that is 12,748.00

    How I can pull the closing balance from statement of account of any particular date

    Please help me.

    With regards,

    Sunil Pinto.

  27. Hello, I am trying to extract just the date from this format: 2022-01-01 13:23:59 +0000

    I have tried to classic formulas but they don't seem to be recognising it. I have over 2,000 rows of data and so I need a quick fix to extract date only please?

    Thank you!

  28. When using the formula =datedif(A4,B4"m") the formula shorts me 1 month, example if I entered 01/01/2023-12/31/2023 the formula says that is 11 months not 12, how do I correct this?

    1. Hi!
      It has been said many times here that 12/31/2023 means 12/31/2023 00:00:00. Therefore, the date 12/31/2023 is not included in your time slot.

  29. Hi,
    I need to set up formula, that shows if "start date" less than 3 days from TODAY and show me urgent alert.
    thank you,
    S

  30. how can i sum a column with a date range like for month of September and for one particular name(like how much bob spent in month of September 1 to 30th)

  31. Sir i need one help, exm: I have one date (20-Sep-2022) in A2 column, in A3 column i write down number 66 (days), i need date result after 66 days on A4 column. can you please help me this unction.

    A2 A3 A4
    20-Sep-2022 66 (show date after 66 days)

    Thanks and regards
    bdmauz

  32. Hello!

    I have a formula in column M (=$G3-35) to populate a due date. What formatting rule would I use to make the dates in column M turn red when the due date is at 35 days or less?

    Thank you!

  33. (Start Date) 12-01-2022) (End Date 02-02-2022)=IF(AND(MONTH(G6)>=MONTH(A7),MONTH(G6)<=MONTH(B7)),
    IF(MONTH(G6)=MONTH(A7),DAY(EOMONTH(A7,0))-DAY(A7)+1,
    IF(MONTH(G6)=MONTH(B7),DAY(DAY(B7)),DAY(EOMONTH(G6,0)))),0)

    Dear sir,.
    like this i entered the formula in excel it works for calculating between two month day as per month but if the month of start and end date in the same month its not calculating kindly help please
    It is for planing enginering to entered work down as per start and end date as per days of month
    kindly request to help i am stuck in this please.........

      1. Dear sir,
        i Want to distrubute any quantity as per month days compare to start and end date if that start and end date is in between more than one month to be calculate how much days in each month

  34. Hello. I am using Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2016. I am creating a worksheet that contains NAMES in Col. A and BIRTHDATES in Col. B. I have formatted the BIRTHDATE column as Custom m/d. Everything works well until I attempt to insert 2/29 in the cell. It quickly replaces the input with 2/1. I can insert 2/28 and it will accept this input. How can I make it accept the 2/29 date input?

  35. Hello!

    I have what seems like a simple google sheet/excel date function that I can't quite figure out.

    I have a drop down menu with a "yes" option in column A. In column B, for each row, I want it to display todays date on the day the "yes" was selected in column A. is this possible?

  36. how to convert Aug / 19/2018 13: 39: 09
    to 20/08/2018 10:14 format ? anyone can help me

  37. I need to highlight the date in 1 column that is 14 days greater than the date in another column. What is the best method for doing that?

    Example: Col D date is 24-Mar-22; and Col E date is 17-Apr-22. I need to determine and highlight Col E if it is 14 days past the date in Col D.

    Thanks!

      1. Yes, that works great! Better than the =Days(E2,D2) and then looking to see which rows have 14 or more days between them

  38. How do I count the number of years worked since a specific date while accounting for a start date after the specific date?

    Kind of like "Years worked since "A Date" if start date is "B Date"

      1. It didn't unfortunately. I've been searching for a formula for this for 2 days. I may just have to work it out myself.

  39. hi I want to count how many cells are in column B past due

  40. Please someone help with my problem. i want to design a column that if its paid, the whole row will be green. if partially paid, yellow. is it doable? thank you in advance

  41. Hi, can you help me? I want to design a column that if the date encoded is today, the color will change into green. If it's past today, change to red. If it's within this week, yellow. Something like that. I hope someone can help.

  42. If in excel sheet coloum a mentioned as a feb 22,2021 so how we get in cloum b as a day name.

  43. Hello, hope you could help me, with this
    Target Date Date Submitted %
    January 25, 2022 February 2, 20221 ????

    How can I get their rate of their submission?
    Thanks

      1. Thank you for your reply,

        I am getting their performance in %
        They have their target dates to submit their data.
        Their Target is January 27, 2022 and If they submitted on February 17, how can i get their absolute performance. This is part of their performance evaluation review.

        Thanks

  44. I am trying to create a formula that will allow me to determine when someone is expected to have something done by. Example. they start of Sept 10, 2021 and they must have a specific course completed within 60 days of the start date. Everyone one has a different state date and I must know how much time remains before the 60 days is up.

  45. Can you help me to convert this format 3.2021 (Month.Year) into 1-Mar-2021 please

    1. Hello!
      You need to convert text to date. The formula below will do the trick for you:

      =DATE(RIGHT(A1,4),LEFT(A1,SEARCH(".",A1)-1),1)

      Set the date format you need as described in this guide.

  46. Hi im trying the following, can you help.
    e.g ill write it phonetically
    if today = January the sum A1
    If today = february then sum A1 +b1

    its for adding up monthly targets

  47. I have 2 definition of dates in one cell which is the Post dated and next working day, what formula can I use if I choose post dated on a cell and then the other cell will automatically choose same day and same as the next working day..thank you

    1. Hi!
      You write: "I have 2 definitions of dates in one cell". If there are 2 dates in a cell, then this is text, not a date.

  48. How to do the formula of the following example;

    Transaction Date Type of Customer Due Date
    20-July-2021 Regular 4-Aug-2021 Add 15days if regular
    20-July-2021 Consignment 27-July-2021 Add 7days if consignment

  49. Hi what formula can i use for countif if i want it to count items completed on a specific month. data on excel are dates. here is what i tried kindly let me know how to modify countif(Sheet8!I2:I222,">" & date (2020,8,1),"<"& date(2020,9,1))

  50. Hello, i need a help with a formula to automatically add a due date based on an assignment date on column A (1 Jan 2021) and a text in column B (Red) then column C to have a due date 90 days from the date on column A (1 Jan 2021.

    1. Hello!
      Please check out this article to learn how to add days, weeks, months or years to date.
      For example, to add 90 days

      =IF(B1="Red",A1+90,A1)

      I hope this will help

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