Date Comparison error

DPChristman

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
I have a strange error that I am running into with trying to determine the age of an employee.

The formula I have in place is =SUM(NOW()-H5)/365, where H5 is the date of birth.

The formula works most of the time, but then I get these odd incorrect responses.

I have added multiple decimal points to try and get the age as accurate as possible, and still getting these errors.

Example using today's date (10/26/2020), and a birth date of 11/1/1990, the formula returns a value of 30.007.

This is clearly wrong. Does anyone know a fix or have a better formula for this?
 
Ok, how about
Excel Formula:
=DATEDIF(H2,TODAY(),"Y")
 
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Solution

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Type 1Q-2023 in a cell. Grab the fill handle and drag down or right. After 4Q-2023, Excel will jump to 1Q-2024. Dash can be any character.
You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.
 
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