How do I calculate the number of years between 2 dates
 

Hi
I need to calculate the age of a person so in one cell i have the persons
dob and in another cell i have a static date ie, 25/12/06 (i'm british). how
do i calculate how old a person born 30/04/73 whould have been on christmas
day this year. Thank you.

How do I calculate the number of years between 2 dates
 

=DATEDIF(dob,christmas,"Y")

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Bob

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"Leisl" wrote in message
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Hi
I need to calculate the age of a person so in one cell i have the persons
dob and in another cell i have a static date ie, 25/12/06 (i'm british).
how
do i calculate how old a person born 30/04/73 whould have been on
christmas
day this year. Thank you.

How do I calculate the number of years between 2 dates
 

If your dob is in A1 and static date in B1

=DATEDIF(A1,B1,"y")

see here for information on DATEDIF function

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datedif.htm

"Leisl" wrote:

Hi
I need to calculate the age of a person so in one cell i have the persons
dob and in another cell i have a static date ie, 25/12/06 (i'm british). how
do i calculate how old a person born 30/04/73 whould have been on christmas
day this year. Thank you.

How do I calculate the number of years between 2 dates
 

Thank you to both of you. Perfect.

"daddylonglegs" wrote:

If your dob is in A1 and static date in B1

=DATEDIF(A1,B1,"y")

see here for information on DATEDIF function

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datedif.htm

"Leisl" wrote:

Hi
I need to calculate the age of a person so in one cell i have the persons
dob and in another cell i have a static date ie, 25/12/06 (i'm british). how
do i calculate how old a person born 30/04/73 whould have been on christmas
day this year. Thank you.