auto increase cell value on specified date

angelik

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I am an Excel novice so bear with me please!

How do I get a cell to automatically increase its value by 1 on a set date each year?

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Hi and welcome to the forum.

Try something like this...

=0+DATEDIF(DATEVALUE("Jan 1, 2013"),TODAY(),"y")

Zero is the starting value if any
"Jan 1, 2013" is the "set" date

Substitute your start values and set date to suit. The formula, as it stands, should return a value of two
 
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Hi and welcome to the forum.

Try something like this...

=0+DATEDIF(DATEVALUE("Jan 1, 2013"),TODAY(),"y")

Zero is the starting value if any
"Jan 1, 2013" is the "set" date

Substitute your start values and set date to suit. The formula, as it stands, should return a value of two


That worked! Thanks AlphaFrog. May I ratch it up a notch and ask if it's possible to include a 'start date' ie.

John Smith started work on 1 apr 2014 on salary point 40. he has a 9 month probation period which means he is not due an increment on 1 August 2014 but 1 August 2015 instead. How could this be incorporated in the above formula if, indeed, it can!
 
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That worked! Thanks AlphaFrog. May I ratch it up a notch and ask if it's possible to include a 'start date' ie.

John Smith started work on 1 apr 2014 on salary point 40. he has a 9 month probation period which means he is not due an increment on 1 August 2014 but 1 August 2015 instead. How could this be incorporated in the above formula if, indeed, it can!

You're welcome.

I don't follow the reasoning of how 1 apr 2014 becomes 1 August 2015 (16 months), but I think you asking to add a fixed amount to the "set" date. The EDATE function can be used to add\subtract n months to a date.
 
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