1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 302dbb15cSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4*0ac5863eSmseidel * 502dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 602dbb15cSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 702dbb15cSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 802dbb15cSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 902dbb15cSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1002dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1102dbb15cSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12*0ac5863eSmseidel * 1302dbb15cSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14*0ac5863eSmseidel * 1502dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1602dbb15cSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1702dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1802dbb15cSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1902dbb15cSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2002dbb15cSAndrew Rist * under the License. 21*0ac5863eSmseidel * 2202dbb15cSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2302dbb15cSAndrew Rist 24*0ac5863eSmseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc01func_edatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">EDATE</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_edate.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151184"><bookmark_value>EDATE function</bookmark_value> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 36*0ac5863eSmseidel<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 <emph>months</emph> away from the <emph>start date</emph>. Only months are considered; days are not used for calculation.</ahelp></paragraph> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154647" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="215">Syntax</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="216">EDATE(StartDate; Months)</paragraph> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146860" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="217"> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>StartDate</emph> is a date.</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152929" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="218"> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Months</emph> is the number of months before (negative) or after (positive) the start date.</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151289" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="219">Example</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155999" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="221"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=EDATE(3.31.2001;-1)</item> returns 2.28.2001.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 49