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    How to stop a date formula from working if original cell is left blank

    I have used this formula =DATE(YEAR(E5), MONTH(E5) + 24, DAY(E5)) to calculate when training is due. However for employees that don't yet have training (the original date cell E6 is left blank) it creates a date "31-Dec-01" in AS6. I need it to instead create no date in AS6 if E6 has no date.
    Can anyone help me do this?

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    Re: How to stop a date formula from working if original cell is left blank

    Try either of these formulas

    =if(ISBLANK(E5),"",DATE(YEAR(E5), MONTH(E5) + 24, DAY(E5)))

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    =if(E5="","",DATE(YEAR(E5), MONTH(E5) + 24, DAY(E5))

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    Re: How to stop a date formula from working if original cell is left blank

    Thank you soo much. that worked perfectly.

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    Re: How to stop a date formula from working if original cell is left blank

    You're welcome

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