EASTERSUNDAY

Returns the date of Easter Sunday for the entered year.

Syntax

EASTERSUNDAY(Year)

Year is an integer between 1583 and 9956 or 0 and 99. You can also calculate other holidays by simple addition with this date.

Easter Monday = EASTERSUNDAY(Year) + 1

Good Friday = EASTERSUNDAY(Year) - 2

Pentecost Sunday = EASTERSUNDAY(Year) + 49

Pentecost Monday = EASTERSUNDAY(Year) + 50

Examples

=EASTERSUNDAY(2000) returns 2000-04-23.

=EASTERSUNDAY(2000)+49 returns the internal serial number 36688. The result is 2000-06-11. Format the serial date number as a date, for example in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

Technical information

This function is not part of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) Version 1.3. Part 4: Recalculated Formula (OpenFormula) Format standard. The name space is

ORG.OPENOFFICE.EASTERSUNDAY