{"id":115,"date":"2016-06-25T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susmg.info\/alandale\/tips\/?p=1"},"modified":"2016-09-02T01:14:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T01:14:37","slug":"hello-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alandaletraining.com\/software-tips\/2016\/06\/25\/hello-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make sure a follow up date falls on a weekday in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subscriber Theresa M. asks: \u2018We send out letters and follow up 45 days after the initial letter. We have a formula to calculate the dates but the dates need to be on a business day. Is there is a formula in Excel that can do that for you?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There isn\u2019t a formula to change the date to a weekday but you can use Excel\u2019s WEEKDAY function to figure out the day of the week the follow up date falls on and change it if needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The WEEKDAY function returns a 1 if the date is a Sunday, 2 if the date is a Monday, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So the spreadsheet would initially look like this:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susmg.info\/alandale\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ba22264a-8314-40ef-a4b8-07889f29bf19.jpg\" alt=\"ba22264a-8314-40ef-a4b8-07889f29bf19\" width=\"344\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cell D3 contains 6-Apr<br \/>\nCell E3 contains =D3+45<br \/>\nCell F3 contains =WEEKDAY(E3)<br \/>\nCell G3 contains =IF(F3=7,E3+2,E3)<\/p>\n<p>If the date is a Saturday, the IF function adds 2 to the date thus changing it to a Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You could have a second IF function to check for dates that were a Sunday. Once you have everything working correctly you could use copy &amp; paste to reduce the number of cells needed and do all the calculations in one cell. If you need help with this let me know and I\u2019ll send you a sample spreadsheet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excel also has the following date functions:<br \/>\n=DAY(date) \u2013 the day of the month<br \/>\n=MONTH(date) \u2013 the month (1 = Jan, 2 = Feb, etc.)<br \/>\n=YEAR(date) \u2013 the year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscriber Theresa M. asks: \u2018We send out letters and follow up 45 days after the initial letter. 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