SEMIANNUAL

Transform dates to financial half year in Google Sheets with SEMIANNUAL

Data Generation Cyrus Radfar
Jul 2

The SEMIANNUAL function is an essential tool for pivoting and grouping data by half year.

Function Signature

=SEMIANNUAL(input, format, delimiter)

Argument Definitions

[range of dates] input; required - date or range of dates to convert. If string or number is passed, the function attempts to convert to a date.

[number] format - how to generate combinations

  • 0 - S1'YY or S2'YY [default]
  • 1 - S1 or S2
  • 2 - 1 or 2 for first-half and second-half of the year
  • 3 - yyyy.S1 or yyyy.S2

[string] delimiter - also known as the separator for items in a given combination

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Convert a range of dates to financial half-year.
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