Subtract 6 months

I would like to create a formula that will subtract 6 months from today's
date. What function can I use for this?

=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-6,DAY(TODAY()))

VBA Noob

Well, here is the quick and dirty.

=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-6,DAY(TODAY()))

Hopefully someone has a more elegant solution.

Lynn wrote:
> I would like to create a formula that will subtract 6 months from today's
> date. What function can I use for this?

thanks - this will work!

"Thufir Howat" wrote:

> Well, here is the quick and dirty.
>
> =DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-6,DAY(TODAY()))
>
> Hopefully someone has a more elegant solution.
>
> Lynn wrote:
> > I would like to create a formula that will subtract 6 months from today's
> > date. What function can I use for this?
>
>

=EDATE(TODAY(),-6)

which requires the Analysis Toolpak to be installed.

If today is 8/31/06, the other formula will return 2/31/06 which excel will
interpret as 3/3/06. I assume you would want 2/28/06?


"Lynn" wrote:

> thanks - this will work!
>
> "Thufir Howat" wrote:
>
> > Well, here is the quick and dirty.
> >
> > =DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-6,DAY(TODAY()))
> >
> > Hopefully someone has a more elegant solution.
> >
> > Lynn wrote:
> > > I would like to create a formula that will subtract 6 months from today's
> > > date. What function can I use for this?
> >
> >