Dates - Months & Years

[Rick]

I am looking for a formula or a way to have years & months calculated from a
starting month and year. Here is what I have.

Sheet 1 has 2 cells, cell A1 is for picking the starting month (from a drop
down list) & cell A2 is to pick the starting year (also from a drop down
list).

Sheet 2 is set up with a 36 month grid in which estimated hours are input.
What I need it to do is automatically calculate the year (in cell row 1) and
the month (in cell row 2) based on the selections made on sheet 1. Also, I
need it to automatically roll to the next higher year when ever the month
"Jan" comes up (see D1,2). I would like it to display year & month as shown
here.

(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1) 2005 2005 2005 2006 and so for a total of 36 months
(2) Oct Nov Dec Jan

[Bob Phillips]

Add these formula on sheet2

A1: =Sheet1!A2
A2: =Sheet1!A1
B1: =IF(A2="Jan",A1+A1,A1)
B2: =TEXT(DATE(A1,MONTH(DATEVALUE("01 "&A2&" 2005"))+1,1),"mmm")

copy B1:B2 across

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HTH

RP
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"Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4E809BA-C2B7-4B58-AC86-F52ACC77C7F6@microsoft.com...
> I am looking for a formula or a way to have years & months calculated from
a
> starting month and year. Here is what I have.
>
> Sheet 1 has 2 cells, cell A1 is for picking the starting month (from a
drop
> down list) & cell A2 is to pick the starting year (also from a drop down
> list).
>
> Sheet 2 is set up with a 36 month grid in which estimated hours are input.
> What I need it to do is automatically calculate the year (in cell row 1)
and
> the month (in cell row 2) based on the selections made on sheet 1. Also,
I
> need it to automatically roll to the next higher year when ever the month
> "Jan" comes up (see D1,2). I would like it to display year & month as
shown
> here.
>
> (A) (B) (C) (D)
> (1) 2005 2005 2005 2006 and so for a total of 36 months
> (2) Oct Nov Dec Jan
>

[Roger Govier]

Hi Rick

Why not just enter your start date on Sheet1!A1 as 01/11/05 for example (Nov
05).
Then on Sheet2
A1=Sheet1!A1 Format>Cells>Number>Custom> yyyy
B1=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,1) again formatted as yyyy
copy across for 35 columns

A2=A1 but formatted as mmm
Copy A2 across for 36 columns

Changing the date in Sheet1!A1 will alter both start year and start month

Regards

Roger Govier


Rick wrote:
> I am looking for a formula or a way to have years & months calculated from a
> starting month and year. Here is what I have.
>
> Sheet 1 has 2 cells, cell A1 is for picking the starting month (from a drop
> down list) & cell A2 is to pick the starting year (also from a drop down
> list).
>
> Sheet 2 is set up with a 36 month grid in which estimated hours are input.
> What I need it to do is automatically calculate the year (in cell row 1) and
> the month (in cell row 2) based on the selections made on sheet 1. Also, I
> need it to automatically roll to the next higher year when ever the month
> "Jan" comes up (see D1,2). I would like it to display year & month as shown
> here.
>
> (A) (B) (C) (D)
> (1) 2005 2005 2005 2006 and so for a total of 36 months
> (2) Oct Nov Dec Jan
>

[Rick]

Roger
Thanks...simple solutions are often the hardest to see.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

> Hi Rick
>
> Why not just enter your start date on Sheet1!A1 as 01/11/05 for example (Nov
> 05).
> Then on Sheet2
> A1=Sheet1!A1 Format>Cells>Number>Custom> yyyy
> B1=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,1) again formatted as yyyy
> copy across for 35 columns
>
> A2=A1 but formatted as mmm
> Copy A2 across for 36 columns
>
> Changing the date in Sheet1!A1 will alter both start year and start month
>
> Regards
>
> Roger Govier
>
>
> Rick wrote:
> > I am looking for a formula or a way to have years & months calculated from a
> > starting month and year. Here is what I have.
> >
> > Sheet 1 has 2 cells, cell A1 is for picking the starting month (from a drop
> > down list) & cell A2 is to pick the starting year (also from a drop down
> > list).
> >
> > Sheet 2 is set up with a 36 month grid in which estimated hours are input.
> > What I need it to do is automatically calculate the year (in cell row 1) and
> > the month (in cell row 2) based on the selections made on sheet 1. Also, I
> > need it to automatically roll to the next higher year when ever the month
> > "Jan" comes up (see D1,2). I would like it to display year & month as shown
> > here.
> >
> > (A) (B) (C) (D)
> > (1) 2005 2005 2005 2006 and so for a total of 36 months
> > (2) Oct Nov Dec Jan
> >
>

[Roger Govier]

Hi Rick

If only the "trees" would disappear for me all of the time<g>
You're very welcome.

Regards

Roger Govier


Rick wrote:
> Roger
> Thanks...simple solutions are often the hardest to see.
>
> "Roger Govier" wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Rick
>>
>>Why not just enter your start date on Sheet1!A1 as 01/11/05 for example (Nov
>>05).
>>Then on Sheet2
>>A1=Sheet1!A1 Format>Cells>Number>Custom> yyyy
>>B1=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,1) again formatted as yyyy
>>copy across for 35 columns
>>
>>A2=A1 but formatted as mmm
>>Copy A2 across for 36 columns
>>
>>Changing the date in Sheet1!A1 will alter both start year and start month
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Roger Govier
>>
>>
>>Rick wrote:
>>
>>>I am looking for a formula or a way to have years & months calculated from a
>>>starting month and year. Here is what I have.
>>>
>>>Sheet 1 has 2 cells, cell A1 is for picking the starting month (from a drop
>>>down list) & cell A2 is to pick the starting year (also from a drop down
>>>list).
>>>
>>>Sheet 2 is set up with a 36 month grid in which estimated hours are input.
>>>What I need it to do is automatically calculate the year (in cell row 1) and
>>>the month (in cell row 2) based on the selections made on sheet 1. Also, I
>>>need it to automatically roll to the next higher year when ever the month
>>>"Jan" comes up (see D1,2). I would like it to display year & month as shown
>>>here.
>>>
>>> (A) (B) (C) (D)
>>>(1) 2005 2005 2005 2006 and so for a total of 36 months
>>>(2) Oct Nov Dec Jan
>>>
>>

[Arvi Laanemets]

Hi

Add a sheet p.e. Months, with a single-column table (Month)
P.e. into A2 enter the formula
=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3+ROW(),1)
, format p.e. as Custom "mmmm yyyy", or any other format you'll like the
month displayed in drop-down. (In my example, the list of months starts with
pre-previous one - change the constante to modify this)

Copy the formula down for number of rows, equal to number of months you want
to have in drop-down displayed.

Select the range with months, and define it as named range, p.e. as Months.

On your sheet, format a single cell (p.e. B1) as data validation list with
source
=Months
, and format this cell in any custom date format you like (p.e. mmmm yyyy,
or yyyy mmm, etc.)

On sheet 2, you can use formulas like
=YEAR(DATE(YEAR(Sheet1!$B$1),MONTH(Sheet1!$B$1)+n,1))
{or
=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(Sheet1!$B$1),MONTH(Sheet1!$B$1)+n,1),"yyyy")}
, and
=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(Sheet1!$B$1),MONTH(Sheet1!$B$1)+n,1),"mmm")
, to display the year/month n months later as selected in Sheet1!$B$1


--
Arvi Laanemets
( My real mail address: arvil<at>tarkon.ee )



"Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4E809BA-C2B7-4B58-AC86-F52ACC77C7F6@microsoft.com...
>I am looking for a formula or a way to have years & months calculated from
>a
> starting month and year. Here is what I have.
>
> Sheet 1 has 2 cells, cell A1 is for picking the starting month (from a
> drop
> down list) & cell A2 is to pick the starting year (also from a drop down
> list).
>
> Sheet 2 is set up with a 36 month grid in which estimated hours are input.
> What I need it to do is automatically calculate the year (in cell row 1)
> and
> the month (in cell row 2) based on the selections made on sheet 1. Also,
> I
> need it to automatically roll to the next higher year when ever the month
> "Jan" comes up (see D1,2). I would like it to display year & month as
> shown
> here.
>
> (A) (B) (C) (D)
> (1) 2005 2005 2005 2006 and so for a total of 36 months
> (2) Oct Nov Dec Jan
>