Dates

[gymwrecker]

I have 02 09 06 in cell A1 and 01 07 23 in A2, is there a formula to calculate the diference between A1-A2? Result must be in the following format: # yrs #months # days

Thanks!

 

[eliW]

On 2002-09-09 13:00, gymwrecker wrote:
I have 02 09 06 in cell A1 and 01 07 23 in A2, is there a formula to calculate the diference between A1-A2? Result must be in the following format: # yrs #months # days

Thanks!

Hi,
Try =DATEDIF(B1,A1,"d")
Eli
<CENTER><TABLE ALIGN=CENTER BORDER=1><TR><TD BGCOLOR=#0C266B COLSPAN=5><FONT COLOR=WHITE>Microsoft Excel - Book1_______________Running: xl97 : OS = Windows (32-bit) 4.10</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 COLSPAN=5>(<U>F</U>)ile (<U>E</U>)dit (<U>V</U>)iew (<U>I</U>)nsert (<U>O</U>)ptions (<U>T</U>)ools (<U>D</U>)ata (<U>W</U>)indow (<U>H</U>)elp</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=White>C1</TD><TD ALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 >=</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=White>=DATEDIF(B1,A1,"d")</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=5 BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 ALIGN=CENTER> </TD><TD BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 ALIGN=CENTER>A</TD><TD BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 ALIGN=CENTER>B</TD><TD BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 ALIGN=CENTER>C</TD><TD BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 ALIGN=CENTER>D</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=5 BGCOLOR=#D4D0C8 ALIGN=CENTER>1</TD><TD BGCOLOR=#FFCC00 ALIGN=Center VALIGN=BOTTOM ><FONT FACE=Arial COLOR=#000000>02 09 06</FONT></TD><TD BGCOLOR=#FFCC00 ALIGN=Center VALIGN=BOTTOM ><FONT FACE=Arial COLOR=#000000>01 07 23</FONT></TD><TD BGCOLOR=#FFCC00 ALIGN=Center VALIGN=BOTTOM ><A HREF=javascript:alert("=DATEDIF(B1,A1,"d")")><FONT FACE=Arial COLOR=#000000>410</FONT></A></TD><TD BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF> </TD></TR><TR><TD COLSPAN=5><U>Sheet1</U></TD></TR></TABLE>
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[Aladin Akyurek]

What does

=ISNUMBER(A1)

give as result?

 

[Mark W.]

On 2002-09-09 13:00, gymwrecker wrote:
I have 02 09 06 in cell A1 and 01 07 23 in A2, is there a formula to calculate the diference between A1-A2? Result must be in the following format: # yrs #months # days

Thanks!

What's your standard for days/month? 30?

 

[Corticus]

Well, its about the ugliest formula I've ever seen but I think it works:

CrazyDates.xls
	A	B	C	D
1	02 09 06
2	01 07 23
3	01 1 13
...

HTH,
Corticus
This message was edited by Corticus on 2002-09-09 14:03

 

[Mark W.]

I believe you'll find the formula in cell A3 to be both a bit shorter, and more reliable for a wide range of randomly generated values...

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	040022
2	020018
3	020004
4
Sheet1

Note: This is an array formula which must be entered using the Control+Shift+Enter key combination. The outermost braces, { }, are not entered by you -- they're supplied by Excel in recognition of a properly entered array formula. For more on array formulas see the Excel Help topic for "About array formulas and how to enter them".
This message was edited by Mark W. on 2002-09-09 16:14

 

[gymwrecker]

Corticus, that's exactly the result that I'm looking for, but how do I get the formula to work? I pasted it to my excel worksheet, but I get an error.... Please Help!

 

[Mark W.]

gymwrecker, better take a look at my posting and consider these differences...

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	021123
2	010715
3	010408	<MarkW.
4
5	01410	<Corticus
6
7
Sheet1

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	030017
2	000301
3	020916	<MarkW.
4
5	#VALUE!	<Corticus
6
7
Sheet1

This message was edited by Mark W. on 2002-09-09 16:27

 

[gymwrecker]

Mark, you're right! How could I paste your formula to my excel spreadsheet?

 

[gymwrecker]

Mark, I must be doing something wrong...
Please advise!!

Thanks!