{"id":4945,"date":"2020-01-27T12:56:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T12:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=4945"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:24:37","slug":"add-or-remove-months-from-the-date-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/formulas\/add-or-remove-months-from-the-date-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Add or Remove Months from Date in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you want to add months to a date, you can use the <strong>EDATE<\/strong> function. It returns a date the N\nmonths in the past or future.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the syntax looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=EDATE (start_date, months)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add months to a date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the following example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If <strong>A1<\/strong> contains\nthe following date:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 25, 2019<\/strong>,\nyou can see the date 2 months into the future. By default, it will return the\nserial number. If you read my article on how <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/training\/how-excel-stores-date-and-time\">Excel\nstores dates<\/a>, you will know why it is the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/add-2-months-serial.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/add-2-months-serial.png 393w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/add-2-months-serial-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to display the result as a normal date, click <strong>A2<\/strong> navigate to <strong>Home &gt;&gt; Clipboard<\/strong> and click <strong>Format Painter<\/strong>. Next, click cell <strong>C2<\/strong> to apply the formating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/add-2-months.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/add-2-months.png 418w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/add-2-months-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can display dates way into the future, to the year 9999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/future-dates.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/future-dates.png 433w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/future-dates-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add months to date from today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to add months, not to the particular date in\ntime, but to the current date, you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/today\"><strong>TODAY<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/now\"><strong>NOW<\/strong><\/a> functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both formulas are going to return the same result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=EDATE(TODAY(),2)\n=EDATE(NOW(),2)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In my case (January 15, 2020), it&#8217;s March 15, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remove months from date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also remove months from a date by using the negative\nnumbers. Here are a few examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/few-additional-examples.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/few-additional-examples.png 433w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/few-additional-examples-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to subtracting dates, the earliest date is\n1900, before that Excel will return the <strong>#NUM!<\/strong>\nerror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to add months to a date, you can use the EDATE function. 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