DATES & WORKING DAYS · ORIGINAL EXERCISE
Read the year seal
Return the year of the start date serial in E2.
This quest practices YEAR using a fictional business dataset. Read the sheet below, then enter the interactive quest to write and check your formula.
| Shipment | Year | Month | Day | Start serial | End serial | Holiday serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-201 | 2026 | 1 | 30 | 46052 | 46066 | 46055 |
| S-202 | 2026 | 2 | 13 | 46066 | 46080 | 46062 |
| S-203 | 2026 | 3 | 5 | 46086 | 46100 | |
| S-204 | 2026 | 4 | 17 | 46129 | 46143 |
Hints to get you started
- The numeric serial in E2 represents a date.
- YEAR extracts its four-digit calendar year.
- Put E2 inside YEAR.
Show the worked solution
=YEAR(E2)YEAR reads a date serial rather than taking the first four digits of its numeric representation.
Make the skill stick
After solving the task, explain what each reference does and why the formula answers the business question. Try the workbook download inside the quest to practice in your own spreadsheet app.
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