Set spreadsheet to automatically insert dates

Hi there
Is there a way with Numbers that on a spreadsheet I could create a formula which would automatically insert a date to criteria?
EG. If I want to release a product on, say 01 Oct 2010 and I know that I need my suppliers to receive it 5 weeks prior, and my office to be alerted 10 weeks prior, would there be a formula which could automatically work this out?
Many thanks in advance for any help on this matter

As was responded in your other thread
in Numbers '09 :
enter a valid date in cell B2
enter =B2- "5w"
in the cell where you want to get the result.
On my French System, I entered:
1/10/2010 in B2
=B2- "5sem"
The result is :
27 août 2010
In Numbers '08 the duration format used in "5w" is unavailable so you must use :
=B2-(5*7)
which means : substract 5*7 days to the date stored in B2.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 18 juin 2010 12:28:39

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