EOMONTH function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

EOMONTH

Returns the last date of a month, given a number of months before or away from the start date in date serial number.

 

Syntax

 

EOMONTH(start_date; months)

start_date: The date to which you want to add/remove the given number of months. E.g. "1/1/2020"

months: The number of months to add/remove. Counts backwards if negative. E.g. 5

 

Remarks

  1. The result can be formatted to display the date.

Examples

 

Formula

Result

=EOMONTH("1/1/2020";5)

44012

=EOMONTH("1/1/2020";-2)

11/30/19

=EOMONTH("2/3/2020";12)

44255


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Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

 

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