1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4cdf0e10cSrcweir 5*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 6cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 10*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 14*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * 15*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 16*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * 17*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 18*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 19*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 20*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 21*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * under the License. 23*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * 24*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 25*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist 26*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir 29cdf0e10cSrcweir <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc01func_edatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">EDATE</title> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_edate.xhp</filename> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151184"><bookmark_value>EDATE function</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_AAI_FUNC_EDATE" id="bm_id3150761" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151184" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="213"><variable id="edate"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_edate.xhp">EDATE</link> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150880" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="214"><ahelp hid="HID_AAI_FUNC_EDATE">The result is a date which is a number of m<emph>onths</emph> away from the <emph>start date</emph>. Only months are considered; days are not used for calculation.</ahelp></paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154647" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="215">Syntax</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="216">EDATE(StartDate; Months)</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146860" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="217"> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>StartDate</emph> is a date.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152929" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="218"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Months</emph> is the number of months before (negative) or after (positive) the start date.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151289" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="219">Example</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155845" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="220">What date is one month prior to 3.31.2001?</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155999" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="221"> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=EDATE(3.31.2001;-1)</item> returns 2.28.2001.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 54