Bob,

I use a Dutch version of excel, but your variant also comes up with
the same error. Date is ( for January ) 01-01-2006 formatted as mmmm-
y so visible as january-06

Simple example of working if function :
=ALS(ISGETAL(C3);C3*10;"ERROR") [ if it's a number, calculate, else
display the text ERROR ]


Thanks for feedback.
Bart

On 31 jan, 14:30, "Bob Phillips" wrote:
Do you have a continental version of Excel? If so, try

=IF(AND($B3<D$2,$C3<D$2);0;
IF(AND($B3<=D$2,$C3=E$2);E$2-D$2;IF(AND($B3<=E$2;$C3=E$2);E$2-$B3;
IF(AND($B3<=D$2,$C3<=E$2);$C3-D$2+1;IF(AND($B3=D$2;$C3<=E$2);$C3-$B3;0)))))

If that doesn't work, give an example of a simple IF formula that does work
for you, and your language, it may need different functions.

Also make sure that D2, E2, etc are start of month dates as Bern ie assumed,
not text.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

"Bart" wrote in message

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Hello there,

can anyone help me solve the error I get when I enter the below given
formula ?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Bart

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Bernie,

first of all, thanks for your efforts in trying to find a solution !

When I use the formula though, it comes up with an error. See hxxp://
members.home.nl/hoenb/SNAG-0024.jpg for details on the error.

Many thanks in advance for your tip on solving the error.

Bart

On 30 jan, 17:12, "Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote:

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Bart,

This solution assumes the following:

Your chasis numbers are in column A, starting in row 3, your entry dates

are in column B, starting in row 3, and your exit dates are in column C, starting in row 3. In

row 2, starting in column D, you have the dates for the first of the month, for the time period that

you are interested in: Aug 1 06, Sep 1 06, etc. Format as custom mmmm yy to show just the month

name and year, if you like...

Then in cell D3, enter the formula

=IF(AND($B3<D$2,$C3<D$2),0,IF(AND($B3<=D$2,$C3=E$ 2),E$2-D$2,IF(AND($B3<=E$2
,$C3=E$2),E$2-$B3,IF(AND($B3<=D$2,$C3<=E$2),$C3-D$2+1,IF(AND($B3=D$2,$C3<=
E$2),$C3-$B3,0)))))

Watch the line wrapping....

Copy that formula down as far as you need (to match your data rows),

then copy across to match the

dates in row 3. You will get a table of the days for each month for each
chasis number.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

"Bart" wrote in message

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Hi,

I have a sheet with collums for entry date and exit date used in a
car-
compound. I also have a collumn for each month of the year.

What I am trying to do is let excel (VBA) calculate how many days a
car was on the compound in every month. This is a monthly/yearly
ocurring item to check the invoicing.

What I'd like to do is to pull data from our database into the excel
sheet, just the chassis number, entry date and exit date. I would
like to paste this in my excel, and then be presented with the amount
of days a car was on the compound in each month.

Is there any way to this ? I know that if it was a full month, it's
easy to do, but let's say it has an entry on 13.01.06 and an exit on
20.10.06 , then it becomes more complicated. Also the calculation has
to be performed on several thousand cars at once...

Any help ??