which generates a series of 12 dates, incremented by one year, beginning with May 1, 2019. SEQUENCE can generate results in rows, columns, or both. In this case, SEQUENCE is configured to output an array of numbers that is 12 rows by 1 column: The starting number is the year value from B5, and the step value defaults to 1, so SEQUENCE outputs an array like this: This array is returned to as the year argument inside the DATE function, which causes results to spill into the range D5:D16. MONTH and DAY values are picked up directly from the date in B5: When formatted as dates, the final result is 12 dates, one year apart, beginning with May 1, 2019.
Year only option
To use SEQUENCE to output years only, based on the same starting date, the formula in F5 is: As before, SEQUENCE is configured to output 12 numbers, beginning with the year in B5, incremented by 1. The final results spill into F5:F16.
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