Mastering date functions in Excel enhances productivity and accuracy. Basic Functions: EDATE for calculating future dates, TEXT for converting dates to text format.

A volatile function is a function that recalculates every time a change is made to an Excel worksheet, or whenever an existing workbook is reopened. Going one step further, when a volatile function is ...

For example, "2012" entered into a date-formatted cell becomes July 5, 1909 in Excel for the Mac and July 4, 1905, under Windows. That's because the Excel for the Mac treats January 2, 1904, as ...

Excel changes the Today function formula to the numerical value of the current date. When you press Enter, the current date still displays, but this cell no longer updates. You can now save July's ...