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In Excel, you can quickly generate a list of dates ascending sequentially using the Fill Handle or Fill feature. However, if encountering date errors in Excel, refer to how to fix date errors in Excel before following the instructions below:
1. Creating ascending dates in Excel using Fill
Step 1: Start with the cell containing the first date, choose the range of cells where you want to fill in with a list of dates in order.
Step 2: On the Home tab, click on the Fill option and select Series
Step 3: The Series dialog appears, choose the date you want to increase. Press OK to save.
So the dates will be automatically generated in ascending order based on your settings. In case you want to increase the step value used in the series and specify the end of the series, in the Step value and Stop value box, enter the values you want to use.
2. Creating ascending dates in Excel using Hand Fill feature
Step 1: On a spreadsheet, select the cell where you want to start the list of ascending dates, then enter the date or the first date in the list. For example, you input 1/1/2018.
Step 2: Select the cell containing the first date, then drag the fill handle into the adjacent cells where you want to fill in with a list of sequential dates.
Step 3: To display only the day or date within your list, or to display dates with monthly or yearly increments, after dragging the fill handle, click on the Auto Fill Options icon.
Step 4: Choose the settings to create ascending dates in the format of day, week, month, or year...
And you can easily generate a list of ascending dates.
Above is the guide on how to create ascending dates in Excel. Additionally, when entering a spreadsheet or copying data from outside into Excel, we often encounter cases where dates are formatted as text and require you to convert text format to dates. The article on how to convert text to dates in Excel will help you address formatting errors when using this data for calculations in Excel spreadsheets.
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