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Hi everybody.


My question is simple… (hopefully the solution also)

I need a formula who automaticly tells me what date it is next Tuesday. On Wednesday it needs to update itself to next Tuesday.


Thanks in advance!

Hi @Max_Ha,


Your question wasn’t too difficult to answer.


In order to calculate the days, first we have to determine the number value of the day of the week. I used this formula to figure that out:



WEEKDAY({Today’s Date})



Monday is 1, Tuesday is 2, Weds is 3… etc.

Next Tuesday would be “2 + 7” or 9.

Let’s calculate how may days it is until next Tuesday:


Days until Next Tuesday:



IF({Weekday Today}>2,9-{Weekday Today},2-{Weekday Today})



Now, we just have to do some simple math to add the number of days until Tuesday to today’s date:



DATEADD({Today’s Date},{Days until Next Tuesday},‘days’)



To avoid errors in the calculation due to time zone differences, make sure to flip the switch to use the same time zone for all collaborators.



I downloaded this formula testing table just a little bit ago from a post by another user and added a tab for your calculation. I broke out the steps to make it easy to understand, but you could do it all in one formula field.



Hi @Tim_Sullivan ,


Thank you for your answer. I managed to figure it out by your example. I also tried to combine all the formulas in one field. But that didn’t go so wel :winking_face:


There is still one little detail I was wondering you could help me with…


Right now the field is telling me wich date it is next Tuesday. But if today is also a Tuesday, I would rather have it tell me which date it is today then next weeks Tuesday.

I was thinking of maybe adding an IF statement. But I don’t know which field or what to state…


Hopefully you know the answer.


Thanks in advance!


Hi @Tim_Sullivan ,


Thank you for your answer. I managed to figure it out by your example. I also tried to combine all the formulas in one field. But that didn’t go so wel :winking_face:


There is still one little detail I was wondering you could help me with…


Right now the field is telling me wich date it is next Tuesday. But if today is also a Tuesday, I would rather have it tell me which date it is today then next weeks Tuesday.

I was thinking of maybe adding an IF statement. But I don’t know which field or what to state…


Hopefully you know the answer.


Thanks in advance!


Nevermind, I’m a genius 🤣


I’ve added the following statement to the “Next Tuesday’s Date” field.


IF({WEEKDAY} = “2” , {Today’s Date} , DATEADD({Today’s Date}, {Days until Next Tuesday}, ‘DAY’))


🤘


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