Assuming there are no holidays, this will work =NETWORKDAYS(A1,TODAY())
See Help to learn how to allow for holidays

I assume you want workdays. =TODAY() - A1 will give total days
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"Jimbo" wrote in message
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I need a formula to calculate the number of days from a start date.

In cell A1 I have the date 5/6/2009, when I open the spreadsheet 3 days
from
now I want to display the number 3 in cell B1. Is this something you
would
use with NETWORKDAYS?

I would appreciate your help.
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Jim