Help with Month, Week, Daily formula

Lil Stinker

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I am using this crazy long formula to display a period of time between two dates on our invoices. It currently displays #m, #w, #d (number of months, number of weeks, number of days). The issue I have with what it displays, is if the time period comes out to one month and a few days, it displays 1m,0w,3d. Or a month long period it displays, 1m,0w,0d.

What I would like is for it to display 1m,3d if the calculation comes out to zero weeks. Or simply 1m, if it is just one month, no weeks and no days. I only know enough about Excel to be dangerous. Not enough to wrap my brain around custom formulas.

=IF(ISBLANK(C3),"", IF($E$1="[ Term ]","", IF($E$1="Months",(DATEDIF($A$5,$A$7-(MOD($A$5,1)>MOD($A$7,1)),"ym")&"m,"&INT(DATEDIF($A$5,$A$7-(MOD($A$5,1)>MOD($A$7,1)),"md")/7)&"w,"&MOD(DATEDIF($A$5,$A$7-(MOD($A$5,1)>MOD($A$7,1)),"md"),7)&"d"), IF($E$1="Weeks",ROUNDDOWN((DATEDIF($A$5,$A$7,"d")/7),2)))))

Cell E1 is a drop down box with the list "[ Term ], Months, Weeks" so depending on your selection, a different result will display.
Cell C3 refers to a quantity column.
Cell A5 = the start date
Cell A7 = the end date

Can anyone suggest a modification to the formula that can achieve the type of result I'm looking for?
 
@Peter, I afraid your formula in #6 may get trouble with end date in next year:
31-Dec-22 To 01-Mar-23: => "2m, -1w,5d"
Also, if E1 = "Weeks", => 8.57 (should be "8w,4d") although OP expect it to be week count in fraction, but I suggest it to be "#w,#d"

I would refer my solution:
Code:
=IF(OR($B2="",AND(E$1<>"Months",E$1<>"Weeks")),"",
SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(IF(E$1="Months",DATEDIF($A$5,$A$7,"m")&"m,"&INT(($A$7-EDATE($A$5,DATEDIF($A$5,$A$7,"m")))/7)&"w,"&MOD($A$7-EDATE($A$5,DATEDIF($A$5,$A$7,"m")),7)&"d",
INT(($A$7-$A$5)/7)&"w,"&MOD($A$7-$A$5,7)&"d"),"0m,",""),"0w,",""),",0d",""))
Good catch, bebo! How in the world did you figure that out? I didn't come up with the original formula myself so I took for granted that it would work without any issue. Thanks for offering your solution. It appears to be much more accurate.
When it comes to the E1 = "Weeks" formula however, our company bills weekly differently than monthly which is why it differs from the month formula.

Thanks again!
 
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Excel Facts

Can a formula spear through sheets?
Use =SUM(January:December!E7) to sum E7 on all of the sheets from January through December

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