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Posted on by flydancer1

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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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