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# Time and Date

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<summary>Time Diff</summary>

In many cases you will get business problems where you need to add or subtract month/year from a given date. Can you show how to do that in excel?

**Answer**

This can be done easily using the `DATE` function. The below formula will deduct a month, similarly one can change the year and date.

&#x20;`=DATE(YEAR(A3),MONTH(A3)-1,DAY(A3))`

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