Microsoft dividend dates, from the T+2 era into T+1
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from How Stock Settlement Works Under T+1.
| ex_date | ex_date_label | record_date_label | pay_date_label | dividend_usd | ex_to_record_days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-16 | Aug 16, 2023 | Aug 17, 2023 | Sep 14, 2023 | 0.68 | 1 |
| 2023-11-15 | Nov 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 | Dec 14, 2023 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 2024-02-14 | Feb 14, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 2024-05-15 | May 15, 2024 | May 16, 2024 | Jun 13, 2024 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 2024-08-15 | Aug 15, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | Sep 12, 2024 | 0.75 | 0 |
| 2024-11-21 | Nov 21, 2024 | Nov 21, 2024 | Dec 12, 2024 | 0.83 | 0 |
| 2025-02-20 | Feb 20, 2025 | Feb 20, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 | 0.83 | 0 |
| 2025-05-15 | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Jun 12, 2025 | 0.83 | 0 |
| 2025-08-21 | Aug 21, 2025 | Aug 21, 2025 | Sep 11, 2025 | 0.83 | 0 |
| 2025-11-20 | Nov 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | 0.91 | 0 |
| 2026-02-19 | Feb 19, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | 0.91 | 0 |
| 2026-05-21 | May 21, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | 0.91 | 0 |
| 2026-08-20 | Aug 20, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | 0.91 | 0 |
- Rows × columns
- 13 × 6
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ex_date |
date | 2023-08-16 to 2026-08-20 | |
ex_date_label |
text | 13 distinct values (Aug 15, 2024, Aug 16, 2023, Aug 20, 2026…) | |
record_date_label |
text | 13 distinct values (Aug 15, 2024, Aug 17, 2023, Aug 20, 2026…) | |
pay_date_label |
text | 13 distinct values (Dec 11, 2025, Dec 12, 2024, Dec 14, 2023…) | |
dividend_usd |
number | 0.68 to 0.91 | US dollars |
ex_to_record_days |
number | 0 to 1 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
toString(ex_d) AS ex_date,
formatDateTime(ex_d, '%b %e, %Y') AS ex_date_label,
formatDateTime(rec_d, '%b %e, %Y') AS record_date_label,
formatDateTime(pay_d, '%b %e, %Y') AS pay_date_label,
round(toFloat64(amount), 2) AS dividend_usd,
dateDiff('day', ex_d, rec_d) AS ex_to_record_days
FROM
(
SELECT
ex_dividend_date AS ex_d,
max(record_date) AS rec_d,
max(pay_date) AS pay_d,
max(cash_amount) AS amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'MSFT'
AND ex_dividend_date >= '2023-08-01'
AND record_date >= ex_dividend_date
AND pay_date > ex_dividend_date
GROUP BY ex_dividend_date
)
ORDER BY ex_d
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