SBOT Computer & Technology Section

This Tech Tip is courtesy of Computer and Technology Section Council member, Robert “Tony” Ray of Tyler.

Tony notes that Microsoft Outlook can be used to calculate dates. When you open an appointment or a task, go to the first or start date input box. By default, today’s date is shown. The calculations will be made from the date shown. If you want to calculate from a date in the future or in the past, change the date shown in the box to the date on which you want to base the calculation before proceeding.

Now, just simply click in the space to the right of the date and type in a “+” or “-” followed by the number of days, weeks or months relative to the date shown. For example:

To add 30 days to the current date: +30days
Add 2 weeks to the current date: +2weeks
Subtract 90 days from the current date: -90days

The following also seem to work and you may find some more. Just experiment and see what calculations you can find.

after 30 days
+ 30 days
in 30 days
30 days
30d
30 days after 8-1-08
30 days after July 15
15 days before
15 days before August 13
30y (30 years after)

You may also find the following web site useful for date calculation: http://cgi.cs.duke.edu/~des/datecalc/datecalc.cgi

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