copy drag financial years

[Ben]

Hi i use financial years a lot and was wondering if there was a simple way to
copy, paste/drag the years down a column so they expand? For example when i
drag the years down i get:
2006/07
2006/08
2006/09

Does anyone know how to get 2006/07, 2007/08 etc?

Thanks

 

[Fred Smith]

I would do it with a formula. Enter your starting fiscal year in, say, A1,
then use:
=left(a1,4)+1&"/"&text(right(a1,2)+1,"00")
and drag down.

Regards,
Fred

 

[Jacob Skaria]

Try the below.

=TEXT(DATE(2006,ROW(A6),1),"yyyy/mm")

 

[David Biddulph]

Perhaps Jacob intended to say =TEXT(DATE(2000+ROW(A6),ROW(A7),1),"yyyy/mm")
?

But that would only go as far as 2011/12 before going wrong.
It may therefore need =2000+ROW(A6)&"/"&TEXT(ROW(A7),"00") which would be OK
to 2098/99
or =2000+ROW(A6)&"/"&TEXT(MOD(ROW(A7),100),"00") if you want to go further.

 

[Ed Ferrero]

Hi Ben,

Hi i use financial years a lot and was wondering if there was a simple way
to
copy, paste/drag the years down a column so they expand? For example when
i
drag the years down i get:
2006/07
2006/08
2006/09

You have received a few formula based approaches, another way of doing this
is by using custom lists.

Set up a custom list in Excel Options with the financial years.

Now enter a financial year in a cell. Click on the little dot at the corner
of the cell selector and drag. Financial years fill as expected.

Ed Ferrero
www.edferrero.com