You use the YEAR function. So if the date was in cell A5, to just get the year from it, in another cell you would have to put the following formula:
=YEAR(A5)
Excel can display the year as a number. You can get it to display in different ways as part of a full date, such as having 2 or 4 digits to represent it. There is also a YEAR function, to extract just the year from a full date, which is then displayed as a number.
Type this formula in the cell (including the 'equals' signand the empty parentheses):=TODAY()Then, make sure the date in your computer is correct.That's the only way Excel knows the date.
if a cell has a two-digit year of 32 excel automatically changes it to a four-digit year
First you need to extract the 3 parts from it for the year, month and day. After that you can use the DATE function to make it into a date. You can then format that cell into a date format. So if 20130113 is in cell A2, then in another cell you could use this formula: =DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2))
The TODAY function can enter today's date in Excel. The DATE function can be used to build a date from the day, month and year elements.
If you mean how do you find a date 120 days from a particular date, before or after, that is simple to do. Type a date in a cell, say A1. In B1 then put the formula =A1+120 Or =A1-120 To do it for the whole year, put the first of January in the first cell, say A1. In the cell underneath enter the formula: =A1+1 That will give you the second of January. Copy the formula down to get the rest of the year. In the cell beside the first date, which in this case would be B1, put the formula to add 120 to the date and copy it down for all the others.
A date series is used to fill a series with dates. The date can be increased by either a day, a week, a month or a year each time. This is one of the Fill Series options Excel provides.
Type the word January into a cell, or a date. Place your pointer on the lower left hand of the cell with the month and/or date, it should turn from a boxed in cross to thin-lined cross hairs,then left-click and hold down the mouse button. Then you drag down to the end cell thats given or to the right to the end cell given. Excel will fill the selected cells with the remaining months or dates.
The short answer is maybe, but you will not change the file date just by opening the file. When you save a file, it will display the date and time when you saved it (as set in your computer date-time settings). Excel will ask you if you want to save the file when you exit (assuming you did not change the default settings). You can choose to leave the file as is (same file date) or save the file (current file date). An exception to this would be determined by your auto save settings on Excel. If you make any changes to the file, Excel might automatically save the file (thus, changing the file date). Additionally, windows may save the last-accessed date. Bottom line, if you want to view an Excel file and not change the date, save the file to a different name as soon as you open it. Then examine the file copy.
use conditional formatting
You can format a date so that it only shows month and year, but leaves out the day. Select the date cell and open the Format Cells dialog, by pressing Ctrl - 1. Choose custom and then you can type mm-yyyy as the format to show just the month and year for your date.
most current century... if the year is 32, excel automatically makes the year 2032