EDATE DAX Function (Date and Time)

Returns the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date.

Syntax

EDATE ( <StartDate>, <Months> )
Parameter Attributes Description
StartDate

A date in datetime format that represents the start date.

Months

The number of months before or after start_date.

Return values

Scalar A single datetime value.

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Examples

--  EDATE adds months to a date, 
--  EOMONTH does the same, and it also goes at the end of the month
EVALUATE
ADDCOLUMNS (
    TOPN ( 10, VALUES ( 'Date'[Date] ), 'Date'[Date], ASC ),
    "EDATE, +1", EDATE ( 'Date'[Date], +1 ),
    "EDATE, -1", EDATE ( 'Date'[Date], -1 ),
    "EOMONTH, 0", EOMONTH ( 'Date'[Date], 0 ),
    "EOMONTH, +1", EOMONTH ( 'Date'[Date], +1 ),
    "EOMONTH, -1", EOMONTH ( 'Date'[Date], -1 )
)
ORDER BY 'Date'[Date]
Date EDATE, +1 EDATE, -1 EOMONTH, 0 EOMONTH, +1 EOMONTH, -1
2005-01-01 2005-02-01 2004-12-01 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-02 2005-02-02 2004-12-02 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-03 2005-02-03 2004-12-03 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-04 2005-02-04 2004-12-04 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-05 2005-02-05 2004-12-05 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-06 2005-02-06 2004-12-06 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-07 2005-02-07 2004-12-07 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-08 2005-02-08 2004-12-08 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-09 2005-02-09 2004-12-09 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31
2005-01-10 2005-02-10 2004-12-10 2005-01-31 2005-02-28 2004-12-31

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Last update: Mar 13, 2024   » Contribute   » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo

Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/edate-function-dax

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Iterator

Not recommended

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Not recommended

The use of this parameter is not recommended.

Deprecated

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Deprecated

This parameter is deprecated and its use is not recommended.

DirectQuery compatibility

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