How can I add or subtract months from a date using the EDATE function in Excel? To use the EDATE function you will need the starting date and the number of months to add or subtract.

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.