Autofil Months based on date range in other cells.

[mistatasty]

Hi,

I have a start and end date for a performance period in cell b5 and b6, respectively. Below that, I would like in row 25 all of the months in that period to auto populate. So if 1/1/20 was entered in cell b5 as the start date and 1/1/21 was entered in cell b6 as the end date, row 25 starting in column e would auto fill the months jan 20, feb 20, mar 20.... all the way to jan 21. Ideally when you expand or contract the end starting or end dates in b5 and b6, row 25 would also add or contract the dates. Any way to do this? Thanks

 

[steve the fish]

If you want a formula you can do this:

=IF(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1)<=$C$5,TEXT(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1),"mmm yy"),"")

and copy across as far as you are ever likely to need.

 

[richh]

how many months is the maximum you foresee having? If the list is short, say a couple of years, you can use a pretty simple formula.

In E25: =EOMONTH(B5,0)
In F35 - XYZ25: =IF(E25>$C$5,"",EOMONTH(E25,1))

Then, format the field to dislay months and years as desired.

 

[mistatasty]

how many months is the maximum you foresee having? If the list is short, say a couple of years, you can use a pretty simple formula.

In E25: =EOMONTH(B5,0)
In F35 - XYZ25: =IF(E25>$C$5,"",EOMONTH(E25,1))

Then, format the field to dislay months and years as desired.

the maximum would be 36 months.

 

[mistatasty]

If you want a formula you can do this:

=IF(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1)<=$C$5,TEXT(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1),"mmm yy"),"")

and copy across as far as you are ever likely to need.

to clarify, start date is entered in cell b5. end date entered in b6. I need months to populate starting in cell e25 and continue until end date. How does that change the specifications of that formula? Thanks

 

[steve the fish]

Put the formula in E25. Drag it to right.

 

[mistatasty]

Put the formula in E25. Drag it to right.

formula is showing as a blank cell, not sure why?

 

[steve the fish]

Ok i should read:

=IF(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1)<=$B$6,TEXT(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1),"mmm yy"),"")

 

[mistatasty]

Ok i should read:

=IF(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1)<=$B$6,TEXT(EDATE($B$5,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1),"mmm yy"),"")

Thank you!