Count number of months

JRyan

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I want to put a past date, say
6/99 in cell A1 and a more recent date say
4/02 in cell B1
I want the number of months to be counted and placed in C1

Thanks
John
 

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On 2002-03-07 19:09, JRyan wrote:
I want to put a past date, say
6/99 in cell A1 and a more recent date say
4/02 in cell B1
I want the number of months to be counted and placed in C1

Thanks
John

Try
=(YEAR(B1)-YEAR(A1))*12+MONTH(B1)-MONTH(A1)

Regards,
 
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On 2002-03-07 19:13, Barrie Davidson wrote:
On 2002-03-07 19:09, JRyan wrote:
I want to put a past date, say
6/99 in cell A1 and a more recent date say
4/02 in cell B1
I want the number of months to be counted and placed in C1

Thanks
John

Try
=(YEAR(B1)-YEAR(A1))*12+MONTH(B1)-MONTH(A1)

Regards,

HI Barrie
I don't understand it but hey it works great and I thank you very much for your help
John
 
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