How to increment date by 1 month, 1 year or 7 days in Excel?
The Autofill handle is convenient while filling dates in ascending or descending order in Excel. But in default, the dates are increased by one day, how can you increment date by 1month, 1 year or 7 days as below screenshot shown?
Increment date by month/year/7days with Fill Series utility
Add months/years/days to date with formula
Add months/years/days to date with Kutools for Excel
Increment date by month/year/7days with Fill Series utility
With the Fill Series utility, you can increment date by 1 month, 1 year or a week.
1. Select a blank cell and type the starting date.
2. Select a range including starting date, and click Home > Fill > Series. See screenshot:
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3. In the Series dialog, do the following options.
1)Sepcify the filling range by rows or columns
2)Check Date in Type section
3)Choose the filling unit
4)Specify the increment value
4. Click OK. And then the selection have been filled date by month, years or days.
Add months/years/days to date with formula
If you want to add months, years or days to a date or dates, you can apply one of below formulas as you need.
Add years to date, for instance, add 3 years, please use formula:
=DATE(YEAR(A2)+3,MONTH(A2),DAY(A2))
Add months to date, for instance, add 2 months to date, please use formula:
=EDATE(A2,2)
=A2+60
Add months to date, for instance, add 2 months to date, please use formula:
Tip:
When you use the EDATE function to add months, the result will be shown as general format, a series number, you need to format the result as date.
Add months/years/days to date with Kutools for Excel
With Kutools for Excel's Date & Time Helper, you can quickly add months, years or weeks or days to date.
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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:（Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)
1. Select a blank cell which will place the result, click Kutools > Formula Helper > Date & Time helper, then select one utility as you need from the list. See screenshot:
2. Then in the Date & Time Helper dialog, check Add option, and select the date you want to add years/months/days into the textbox of Enter a date or select a date formatting cell section, then type the number of years, months, days, even weeks into the Enter numbers or select cells with contain values you want to add section. You can preview the formula and result in Result section. See screenshot:
3. Click OK. And drag the fill handle over the cells you want to use this formula. See screenshot:
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