Hello friends, We are glad that we are running a series for data analysis for with google sheet at youtube. As We all know, One of the common tasks in spreadsheet management is to find the last day of the month. This can be particularly useful when dealing with financial data, as you may want to calculate the total income or expenses for a particular month. In this article, we will explore how to find the last day of the current, previous, and next months in Google Sheets.
Finding the last day of the current month
To find the last day of the current month in Google Sheets, you can use the EOMONTH function. This function returns the last day of the month for a specified date. Here’s how you can use the EOMONTH function:
EOMONTH function has two parameters :
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=EOMONTH(start_date, month); |
Let us breakdown this formula to understand for you.
start_date refers to any date from where you want to find the date.
months refers to integer number which refers to after how many months , before how many months date you want to know. Let us understand it through an example.
Open a new or existing Google Sheet.
In an empty cell, enter the formula =EOMONTH(“01/02/2023”,0). In our case , 01 refers to january month, 02 refers the date. We can use today() function to find the date of current day.
Press enter.
The EOMONTH function takes two arguments: the date and the number of months to add or subtract from the date. In this case, we took date a specific date “01/02/2023” to get the current date, and 0 to indicate that we want the last day of the current month. The result will be the last day of the current month i.e “01/31/2023”.
Finding the last day of the previous month
To find the last day of the previous month, you can modify the formula we used for the current month. Here’s how:
In an empty cell, enter the formula =EOMONTH(“01/02/2023”,-1).
Press enter.
This formula uses -1 as the second argument to subtract one month from the current date. The result will be the last day of the previous month, i.e “12/31/2022”
Finding the last day of the next month
To find the last day of the next month, you can modify the formula again. Here’s how:
In an empty cell, enter the formula =EOMONTH(“01/02/2023”,1).
Press enter.
This formula uses 1 as the second argument to add one month to the current date. The result will be the last day of the next month, i.e “02/28/2023”.
Conclusion
Finding the last day of the month in Google Sheets is a useful task for managing financial data. By using the EOMONTH function, you can easily calculate the last day of the current, previous, and next months. We hope this article has been helpful in showing you how to do this step-by-step. Please watch below video for understanding usage of EOMONTH in project. you can check our previous article.