Creating task with a specific due date

Question

We have certain tasks that get created when new employees are hired. Most have due dates that are calculated a few days after the start date, but we want to add tasks that will be due on September 1 or March 1 based on the start date (so if the Person is hired and task is created in September, October, November, December, January, or February the task will be due March 1. If it is a March, April, May, June, July, or August hire will have a due date of September 1). How would I write my formula to say if this is the start date, then this is the due date? Thank you!

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Xenia Watterson
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prashantmaheshw · Answer

You could try Month() function to find the month number of joining date, then if month is 12(Dec),1(Jan),2(Feb) define variable for start date accordingly.

var number doj = month([Join Date]);

IF($doj = 12 or $doj = 1 or $doj=2 , [due]=X,
if(

and so on

Making sense?

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Prashant Maheshwari
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xeniawatterson · Answer

Thank you for the response.&nbsp; I'm comfortable finding the specific month it is created, I don't know how to say, if it is this month then the due date is 09-01 for whatever year.&nbsp; I've only ever done it as add however many days to the start date to figure out what the due date will be.------------------------------Xenia Watterson------------------------------

prashantmaheshw · Answer

After you find your DOJ logic with month , you can decide year with Year() logic ,

For September, October, November, December)

if month(doj)>8 then year(DOJ)+1 --> Next Year
if month(doj)<=8 then year(DOJ)

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Prashant Maheshwari
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xeniawatterson · Answer

Okay, that helps a lot I just wasn't thinking that.&nbsp; Thank you so much!------------------------------Xenia Watterson------------------------------

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Creating task with a specific due date