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CarlsBerg999
Helper V
5 years ago
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Add months to date

Hi,   Im trying to add dates in a calculated column to a date. For example, I have date 1.5.2021 in Column A and 24 months in column B. I want the result to be 1.5.2023 in column C. However, for so...
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  • MikeJohnsonZA's avatar
    MikeJohnsonZA
    5 years ago

    This can be quite tricky as the dateadd function requires a column reference and that column needs to have the date that would be the result of your addition. The simplest way to do this is to use the EDATE function so some thing like

     

    NewDate = EDATE([Column A],[Column B])

     

    # EDATE only works for months but that works fine in your case.

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selimovd
Most Valuable Professional
5 years ago

Hey CarlsBerg999 ,

 

it should work with DATEADD. Try it like this as a calculated column:

MyNewDate = DATEADD('Date'[Date], 24, MONTH)

 

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Best regards
Denis
 
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CarlsBerg999
Helper V
5 years ago

Hi, 

For some reason the calculated column returns blank when i do this. The date column is formatted as Date but for some reason refuses to accept any additions in months. I tried adding 2 months but it only worked for one row out of 250. Adding 3 months worked for 2 rows..