Rules for editing period end dates

You can change the end date of any period in a fiscal year. Here are some guidelines to follow when you do.

Period end dates need to be in chronological order and meet the rules for that year's period increments.

Here are the different period increments:

Annually
: The period end date is the fiscal year end date.

Monthly
: (Default) The period end dates will increment by 1-month intervals (12 periods).

Quarterly
: The period end dates will increment by 3-month intervals (4 periods).

Semiannually
: The period end dates will increment by 6-month intervals (2 periods).

Thirteen periods
: The period end dates will increment by 4-week (28 days) intervals (13 periods).

Weekly
: The period end dates will increment by 1-week (7 days) intervals (52 periods).

This article applies to: