To use the EDATE function you will need the starting date and the number of months to add or subtract. To add you put the numbers as they are and to subtract place a negative sign (-) in front of ...

Subtraction methods in Excel aren't the quickest or simplest, but if you need to get it done, we can show you how to subtract in Excel. Here's how.

Subtracting isn’t as straightforward in Excel as it seems, simply because there’s no actual command to subtract numbers. Instead, you have to use a formula with the subtraction operator.