<p>The <b>EDATE</b> function is one of the date and time functions. It is used to return the serial number of the date which comes the indicated number of months (month-offset) before or after the specified date (start-date).</p>
<pstyle="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>start-date</em></b> is a number representing the first date of the period entered using the <ahref="Date.htm"onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">Date</a> function or other date and time function.</p>
<pstyle="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>month-offset</em></b> is a number of months before or after <b><em>start-day</em></b>. If the <b><em>month-offset</em></b> has the negative sign, the function will return the serial number of the date which comes before the specified <b>start-date</b>. If the <b><em>month-offset</em></b> has the positive sign, the function will return the serial number of the date which follows after the specified <b>start-date</b>.</p>
<p>To apply the <b>EDATE</b> function,</p>
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<li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li>