EDATE

This function calculates the date which is the indicated number of months before or after a specified date.

Syntax

EDATE(startdate, months)

This function has these arguments:

Argument	Description
startdate	[Required] The starting date, specified as a serial number, string, or DateTime object
months	[Required] Number of months before (negative) or after (positive) the starting date; if not an integer, the number is truncated

Use this function to calculate maturity dates or due dates that fall on the same day of the month as the date of issue.

EDATE(A1,-6)

EDATE(R1C1,4)

EDATE("2004/01/09",2) gives the result 38055