How to Display Fiscal Years on the Time Scale in Microsoft Project
Need to show fiscal years on your Gantt chart in Microsoft Project? In this quick tutorial, I’ll walk you through the exact steps to configure your time scale so that both fiscal and calendar years are displayed correctly.
🎯 In this video, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Set your organization’s fiscal year start month
✅ Adjust time scale tiers to show fiscal years, calendar months, and weeks
✅ Format date labels for clarity
✅ Ensure fiscal and regular year formats are applied correctly
💡 Pro Tip: While Microsoft Project doesn’t natively prefix fiscal years with "FY," I’ll show you a workaround to make it clear on your timeline.
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