Or, as the OP has said that C6 will always be later than C5, just use =C6-C5
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David Biddulph

"DILipandey" wrote in message
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Hi Mar,

you can use =abs(c5-c6)

thanks
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Dilip Kumar Pandey
MBA, BCA, B.Com(Hons.)


New Delhi, India


"Mark" wrote:

My formula in cell c7 reads =c5-c6

If I put 01/01/2009 in c5
and 01/10/2009 in c6

I get -9 in c7

C6 will always be later than c5

Can I get rid of the (-) in c7? and have just a number?

Thanks in advance.

Mark