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# **Dates and DATE practice exercises**

A date in a spreadsheet is a number of days, so you can subtract dates, add days to them and build them from a year, a month and a day.

[**Start the first exercise**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/dates/days-between-dates)

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1. [**1****Days between two dates**In C2, work out how many days the delivery took. Subtract the order date in A2 from the delivery date in B2.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/dates/days-between-dates)
2. [**2****Add days to get a due date****Premium**In C2, work out the due date of the invoice. Add the payment terms in B2 to the invoice date in A2.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/dates/add-days-to-date)
3. [**3****Build a date with DATE****Premium**The year, month and day of a date came from a system in three columns. In D2, use DATE to turn A2, B2 and C2 into one date.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/dates/date-function)
4. [**4****Get the month with MONTH****Premium**To total sales by month you need the month number of each sale. In B2, use MONTH to get it from the date in A2.](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/dates/month-from-date)
5. [**5****Get the quarter from a date****Premium**In B2, find the quarter of the sale date in A2, a number from 1 to 4. Divide the month by 3 and round up: ROUNDUP(MONTH(A2)/3,0).](https://practiceexcelonline.com/practice/dates/quarter-from-date)

## **Functions in this topic**

- [**MONTH**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/functions/month)

## **Read the guide**

- [**Free Excel course online: learn Excel from your first formula to job-ready**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/learn/how-to-learn-excel)
- [**Dates in Excel: how they work and the formulas you need**](https://practiceexcelonline.com/learn/excel-dates)

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