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37<topic id="textscalc01func_edatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
38<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">EDATE</title>
39<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_edate.xhp</filename>
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43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151184"><bookmark_value>EDATE function</bookmark_value>
44</bookmark>
45<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>
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47<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>
48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154647" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="215">Syntax</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="216">EDATE(StartDate; Months)</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146860" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="217">
51<emph>StartDate</emph> is a date.</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152929" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="218">
53<emph>Months</emph> is the number of months before (negative) or after (positive) the start date.</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151289" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="219">Example</paragraph>
55<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>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155999" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="221">
57<item type="input">=EDATE(3.31.2001;-1)</item> returns 2.28.2001.</paragraph>
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