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# **Contract end date with EDATE**

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Step 1 of 3

Adding days to a date is easy, but **months** have 28 to 31 days. A contract that runs for 12 months should end on the same day of the month.

Click **Continue** when you're ready.

Already know it? Type the formula straight into C2.

C2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Start date | Months | End date |  |  | |
| 2 | Mar 15, 2024 | 12 |  |  |  | |
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