In this article you’ll learn, how to calculate number of days, weeks, months and years between 2 dates in Microsoft Excel.
To calculate the same, we’ll use INT, TODAY and MOD or we can use DATEDIF functions.
Let’s take an example,
We have 2 dates,
To calculate the difference between years, use DATEDIF function as shown in the following formula:
To calculate the difference in months, use the DATEDIF function as shown in the following formula:
To calculate the difference between days, use the DATEDIF function as shown in the following formula:
OR
Use the “YEAR”, “MONTH”, “AND” and “DAY” functions as shown in the following formula:-
Use the DATEDIF function to calculate the number of days over years:-
PS: A lot of site, avoid calculating date in Excel using DATEDIF function. The reason is “bugs”. DATEDIF functions don’t have any documentation in Excel Help file.
But, Microsoft is continuously implying this feature / formula in all new version.
In case if you also want to avoid DATEDIF function, you can use manual calculation. Like below,
=INT((TODAY()-A1)/365.25) & ” years , ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/365.25,1)*12) & ” months and ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/30.4375,1)*30.4375) & ” days”.
It will give day difference in Year Month and in days. You can use A2 in case of today, where A2 is the greater day that A1 and gives you Elapsed time between these 2 dates.
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Hi there,
i copy-paste your formula as you written above:
=INT((TODAY()-A1)/365.25) & ” years , ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/365.25,1)*12) & ” months and ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/30.4375,1)*30.4375) & ” days”
but it didnt work out. could you give me the correct formula for the result to count years, month, weeks, and days?
appreciate your help.
Milla,
I think you adding “&” function with space may that could be reason for error, could you pls use below and let us know
=INT((TODAY()-A1)/365.25)&” years , “&INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/365.25,1)*12) &” months and “&INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/30.4375,1)*30.4375)&” days only”
thanks Rishi
=INT((TODAY()-A1)/365.25) & ” years , ” &
INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/365.25,1)*12) & ”
months and ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/30.4375,1)*30.4375) & ” days”
INT((TODAY()-A1/365.25) & “years, ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1/365.25,1)*12) &” moths and “& INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1/30.4375,1)*30.4375) &”days only” , i used this formula but don’t calculate, plz give me a reply
=INT((TODAY()-A1)/365.25) & ” years , ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/365.25,1)*12) & ” months and ” & INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/30.4375,1)*30.4375) & ” days”
Use this. I retyped the quotation marks and it worked.
I think part of the problem is trying to put everything into one cell. I split it into three cells and it works fine.
A3: =INT((TODAY()-A1)/365.25)
A4: =INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/365.25,1)*12)
A5: =INT(MOD((TODAY()-A1)/30.4375,1)*30.4375)
Adam is right.
thank adam
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Hi
How Do you Convert years, months, days back
to complete days
A2 = 2 years
B2 = 6 Months
C2 = 27 Days
= ? how many actual Days
Hi Nico
Please use this formula =SUM(A1*365,B1*30,C1)
i used for converting but it giving the wrong answer
hey,
please try this formula:- =a2*365+b2*365/2+27
Dear Sir/Mam,
I have a date in a cell like:-(03/13) i want it like: “March-13″ is it possible please help me on this.
Hi Naushad,
You can select the cell where the date is in (03/13) format. Right click on the cell and select format cells. In Number Tab —> click on Date —> Select March – 13. Click on Ok
i’M TRYING TO SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE A FOMULA WITH A START DATE TO CALCULATE YEAR MONTH DAYS AND WILL STOP WHEN YOU ADD A STOP DATE. COULD YOU PLESE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU
IN ONE CELL START DATE-THE YEAR MONTH DAYS-STOP DATE
I am trying to calculate number of open days on action items. Cells used for calculation are today’s date, assigned date, target due date, date closed.
If there is no date closed and the action item is still open, I would like to know based on today’s date how many days has the action item been open since the assigned date but if the action item has a date closed then I would like to calculate days open based on assigned date and date closed.
hello,
I have one date in a cell and in a blank cell i would like to know the number of days between that date and todays dates (that the workbook is open) is that possible?
Hi Isabella
This is possible, you can do it.
Thank you, it works.
I am trying to calculate the number of months for a project end date occurring in 2014. The project start AND end date can be <2014 or greater than = 2015 – If so, the result is "0". How can I calculate the number of months in 2014 for projects that started before or during 2014?
So far I have the following:
=IF(OR(YEAR(End Date field )=2015),””,IF(YEAR(End Date field)>=2015,12,MONTH(End Date field)))
There seems to be one thing missing from all the formulas above which is how to calculate the weeks. I need to state the months, weeks and days between two dates on my invoice. Can anybody shed some light on getting that specific formula?
Hi Shai,
To count the number of weeks in between two dates divide the number of days to 7.
Can any one tell me how i can calculate Days, Months & Year from a figure like 45. Assuming month is always of 30 days. I want result like this: 0 Years, 1 Month 15 Days.
Hi Sajid,
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Check if this works
=ROUNDDOWN(U157/30,0)&” Month and ” & MOD(U157,30)&” days”
Dear All,
I hope if someone here can help me with a formula where I want to get how many days it is due. I want to subtract due dates with the current day and keeps on updating or incrementing with 1 on the next day. And, using Excel 2013
Thanks to all who can help me with this in advance
Regards,
Flava
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S. No Company From To Duration
1 Current Com. Sep-11 Mar-15 3 years, 6 months
2 Previous 1 Apr-10 May-11 1 years, 1 months
3 Previous 2 Jul-09 Dec-09 0 years, 5 months
4 Previous 3 Jun-08 Jul-09 1 years, 1 months
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