how to calculate a future date as a month

[beagle]

i have a field( date 1) which i enter a date dd/mm/yy. In another feild (date 2) I want to calculate three months in the future of "date1". Ie

date 1 = 1/11/08

date 2= 1/2/09

I thought this would be simple but i just dont get how to do it, please help .

[Orlando]

Hi beaglepro.

The simpliest way to do this is to use the date functions, and adding 3 to the Month parameter.

[color:blue]Date2 =

Date ( Month ( date1 ) + 3 ; Day ( date1 ) ; Year ( date1 ) )

This will also take into account of the end of the year and move it on if necessary.

Also if you want the first day of the month change the Day parameter to "1"

I hope this does the trick

-- Orlando

Edited October 20, 2008 by Guest

[beagle]

the Straggler, I thank you. It worked perfectly.