Help creating a date range with beginning and ending days of the month.

**charlesbb88** · 04-27-2012, 04:19 PM

Hello, I am currently using this formula =TEXT(DATE(2012, 1, 1)+(ROW(1:1)-1)*7, "mm/dd/yy")&"-"&TEXT(DATE(2012, 1, 1)+(ROW(1:1)-1)*7+6, "mm/dd/yy") to give me the range of every week.
That works but when it reaches the end of month it continues in the same cell. Is it possible so at the end of the month the range would stay within the month instead of increasing to next month?

Here let me try to explain visually.

01/01/12-01/07/12
01/08/12-01/14/12
01/15/12-01/21/12
01/22/12-01/28/12
01/29/12-02/04/12 <-- can this be 01/29/12-01/31/12 ?

And next month would be per week in each coulmn as well and so on.

02/01/12-02/04/12
02/05/12-02/11/12
02/12/12-02/18/12
02/19/12-02/25/12
02/26/12-02/29/12

03/01/12-03/03/12

I hoped I explained that correctly. I have been looking for a solution for what seems like forever and any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

**JBeaucaire** · 04-27-2012, 05:16 PM

That's so much plumbing already to put into one cell... and now you want to quadruple it.... ugh.

To keep life simple, I would do this in separate columns... far off to the right out of sight if you just don't want to see it.

To get it going...

AA1: 1/1/2012
AB1: =AA1+6

Now the good stuff:

AA2: =MIN(AB1+1, AA1+7)
AB2: =IF(AND(AB1-AA1<6,DAY(AA2)=1),AA1+6,MIN(AA2+6,EOMONTH(AA2,0)))

Copy AA2:AB2 down as far as you'd like.

Then back in your first cell to "put it together", for instance

A1: =TEXT(AA1,"mm/dd/yyyy") &" - " & TEXT(AB1,"mm/dd/yyyy")
....copied down.

**charlesbb88** · 04-27-2012, 05:37 PM

That is pretty awesome what you did there. Just curious though, is there another way of doing it in one cell where there isnt that extra block of dates and you just dont feel like writing it all out or is that it. Thanks for the help.

**JBeaucaire** · 04-27-2012, 07:56 PM

In a world where columns and rows are free, I find it personally abhorrent to construct formulas so monstrous as to be indecipherable once complete. I alway go for "readability".

**JBeaucaire** · 04-27-2012, 08:45 PM

This is what I mean, the second formula is virtually unreadable:

A1: 01/01/2012 - 01/07/2012 (first week is entered manually in that exact format
A2: =TEXT(MIN(DATEVALUE(RIGHT(A1,10))+1, DATEVALUE(LEFT(A1,10))+7),"mm/dd/yyyy") &" - " &TEXT( IF(AND(RIGHT(A1,10)-LEFT(A1,10)<6, DAY(MIN(RIGHT(A1,10)+1, LEFT(A1,10)+7))=1),LEFT(A1,10)+6,MIN(MIN(RIGHT(A1,10)+1, LEFT(A1,10)+7)+6,EOMONTH(MIN(RIGHT(A1,10)+1, LEFT(A1,10)+7),0))),"mm/dd/yyyy")

...A2 is copied downward.

**charlesbb88** · 04-27-2012, 09:03 PM

So what you are saying is that there probably is a way but you dont see the point. Thats cool. Thanks for your help.

**charlesbb88** · 04-27-2012, 09:28 PM

My god, that is pretty incredible.That is in fact exactly what I have been looking for. I now see what you mean. I cant even imagine how you were able to construct that. If I could give you anymore rep I would. Thanks for your help JBeaucaire.