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INFO: How to add 5 years to a date

Posted on 02.24.09

You have a spreadsheet where you have a date in column A (A2) and you want Excel to add 5 years to the date placing the results in column B (B2). 

Enter the following formula in B2 (we will assume you have a heading in B1).  Do not worry about the date in A2 is entered as MM/DD/YY.  Excel is smart and converts it providing you have the format as a Date.

=DATE(YEAR(A2)+5,MONTH(A2),DAY(A2))

By the way, you could add # of days or months by modifying this formula.