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How to add 1 year to a date every year

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Posted on by flydancer1 80

Every January 30th I need to add 1 year to a date, how can I do this? 

I've created a date field that has the starting date, i.e. 01/30/2023 and another field which is equal today. I then have another calculated field that adds a year to the starting date once Today > Starting Date. The problem is how do I deal with it the following year. I'd rather not rely on a workflow copying the calculated field to another field for use the next year but maybe that's the only way. Why does Dynamics make it so hard to work with dates?!

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    RE: How to add 1 year to a date every year

    Hi flydancer1,

    Maybe you need try to use Power automate to create one scheduled flow, which can help you achieve goal easily.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/run-scheduled-tasks 

    1.You can start the flow at 01/31/2023, and run it every month:

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    Why run it every month?

    (1) The flow does not support repeat intervals per year

    (2) If a flow is not run within 90 days, Microsoft automatically turns it off.

    2.Then you can use 'Condition' to compare the starting date and Now:

    https://debajmecrm.com/how-to-compare-dates-in-power-automate/ 

    3.Add year and update another date, and use now to update the starting date field.

    -Or you can only use the starting date field, add year and update itself directly.

    https://debajmecrm.com/how-add-or-subtract-weeks-months-or-years-from-a-date-in-power-automate/ 

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