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DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
Looking through various forums, I see that the DATEDIF function can be a bit
buggy at times, particularly w/respect to "md" interval type and in Excel 2007. So I just wanted to see if folks could replicate these strange results in 2007, and perhaps confirm this is indeed a bug: =DATEDIF(DATE(2009,6,27),DATE(2012,1,5),"md") In 2007, this gives me 122. This happens all the way up to the point where the second date is 1/26/2012 and then it hits zero at 1/27/2012. In 2002, however, it gives me the correct answer of 9. Have not tried it in 2003 yet. Appreciate any responses. Thanks. |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
I get 9 in both 2003 and 2007 -- NBVC Where there is a will there are many ways. 'The Code Cage' (http;//www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NBVC's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=74 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=111053 |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
Should be 9.
It is time to review. http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datedif.aspx If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Haddox" wrote: Looking through various forums, I see that the DATEDIF function can be a bit buggy at times, particularly w/respect to "md" interval type and in Excel 2007. So I just wanted to see if folks could replicate these strange results in 2007, and perhaps confirm this is indeed a bug: =DATEDIF(DATE(2009,6,27),DATE(2012,1,5),"md") In 2007, this gives me 122. This happens all the way up to the point where the second date is 1/26/2012 and then it hits zero at 1/27/2012. In 2002, however, it gives me the correct answer of 9. Have not tried it in 2003 yet. Appreciate any responses. Thanks. |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
That's odd... I get 9 in XL2003 and I get 122 in XL2007.
My XL2007 is at SP2... what service pack level are you at? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "NBVC" wrote in message ... I get 9 in both 2003 and 2007 -- NBVC Where there is a will there are many ways. 'The Code Cage' (http;//www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NBVC's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=74 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=111053 |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
I don't have any Service Pack identified in HelpAbout -- NBVC Where there is a will there are many ways. 'The Code Cage' (http;//www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NBVC's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=74 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=111053 |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
Thanks for the responses, everyone. My 2007 is on SP2.
Also, is there a system whereby we can notify MS of this type of event (if indeed it is a bug)? "Rick Rothstein" wrote: That's odd... I get 9 in XL2003 and I get 122 in XL2007. My XL2007 is at SP2... what service pack level are you at? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "NBVC" wrote in message ... I get 9 in both 2003 and 2007 -- NBVC Where there is a will there are many ways. 'The Code Cage' (http;//www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NBVC's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=74 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=111053 |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
Appreciate it. I actually started there. The problem, as originally stated,
is that it is resulting in 122 in Excel 2007, but apparently not in other versions. "Jacob Skaria" wrote: Should be 9. It is time to review. http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datedif.aspx If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Haddox" wrote: Looking through various forums, I see that the DATEDIF function can be a bit buggy at times, particularly w/respect to "md" interval type and in Excel 2007. So I just wanted to see if folks could replicate these strange results in 2007, and perhaps confirm this is indeed a bug: =DATEDIF(DATE(2009,6,27),DATE(2012,1,5),"md") In 2007, this gives me 122. This happens all the way up to the point where the second date is 1/26/2012 and then it hits zero at 1/27/2012. In 2002, however, it gives me the correct answer of 9. Have not tried it in 2003 yet. Appreciate any responses. Thanks. |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
Hi Haddox
No Sp and SP1 are working OK Sp2 is the problem Also, is there a system whereby we can notify MS of this type of event (if indeed it is a bug)? Rick or I will report it but I think it will never be fixed because this formula is not supported by Microsoft. -- Regards Ron de Bruin http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm "Haddox" wrote in message ... Thanks for the responses, everyone. My 2007 is on SP2. Also, is there a system whereby we can notify MS of this type of event (if indeed it is a bug)? "Rick Rothstein" wrote: That's odd... I get 9 in XL2003 and I get 122 in XL2007. My XL2007 is at SP2... what service pack level are you at? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "NBVC" wrote in message ... I get 9 in both 2003 and 2007 -- NBVC Where there is a will there are many ways. 'The Code Cage' (http;//www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NBVC's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=74 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=111053 |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
As I have not had an occasion to report anything in the past, I'm not really
sure of what the procedure is; so, if you wouldn't mind, I'll let you report it. Thanks. As for getting it fixed (assuming Microsoft would want to even do that with an unsupported function)... any fix will come too late. It appears that the bug was introduced in Service Pack 2... I guess the next opportunity to fix the bug wouldn't come until Service Pack 3, and who knows when that will be. On top of that, not everybody updates to the latest Service Pack as soon as they come out (look at the OP... he didn't even install SP1), so there will be a lot of SP2 versions of XL2007 out there for what will probably be a "long time". I guess this means we volunteers here will have to stop recommending the use of DATEDIF from now on (who knows what else got screwed up besides the problem the OP raised). Now, if we could only retract all those previous recommendations to use DATEDIF that we all have posted in the past (and which are archived all over the place). -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Ron de Bruin" wrote in message ... Hi Haddox No Sp and SP1 are working OK Sp2 is the problem Also, is there a system whereby we can notify MS of this type of event (if indeed it is a bug)? Rick or I will report it but I think it will never be fixed because this formula is not supported by Microsoft. -- Regards Ron de Bruin http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm "Haddox" wrote in message ... Thanks for the responses, everyone. My 2007 is on SP2. Also, is there a system whereby we can notify MS of this type of event (if indeed it is a bug)? "Rick Rothstein" wrote: That's odd... I get 9 in XL2003 and I get 122 in XL2007. My XL2007 is at SP2... what service pack level are you at? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "NBVC" wrote in message ... I get 9 in both 2003 and 2007 -- NBVC Where there is a will there are many ways. 'The Code Cage' (http;//www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NBVC's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=74 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=111053 |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
As I have not had an occasion to report anything in the past, I'm not really
sure of what the procedure is; so, if you wouldn't mind, I'll let you report it. Thanks. No problem Rick, I will report it on Connect for you -- Regards Ron de Bruin http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... As I have not had an occasion to report anything in the past, I'm not really sure of what the procedure is; so, if you wouldn't mind, I'll let you report it. Thanks. As for getting it fixed (assuming Microsoft would want to even do that with an unsupported function)... any fix will come too late. It appears that the bug was introduced in Service Pack 2... I guess the next opportunity to fix the bug wouldn't come until Service Pack 3, and who knows when that will be. On top of that, not everybody updates to the latest Service Pack as soon as they come out (look at the OP... he didn't even install SP1), so there will be a lot of SP2 versions of XL2007 out there for what will probably be a "long time". I guess this means we volunteers here will have to stop recommending the use of DATEDIF from now on (who knows what else got screwed up besides the problem the OP raised). Now, if we could only retract all those previous recommendations to use DATEDIF that we all have posted in the past (and which are archived all over the place). -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Ron de Bruin" wrote in message ... Hi Haddox No Sp and SP1 are working OK Sp2 is the problem Also, is there a system whereby we can notify MS of this type of event (if indeed it is a bug)? Rick or I will report it but I think it will never be fixed because this formula is not supported by Microsoft. -- Regards Ron de Bruin http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm "Haddox" wrote in message ... Thanks for the responses, everyone. My 2007 is on SP2. Also, is there a system whereby we can notify MS of this type of event (if indeed it is a bug)? "Rick Rothstein" wrote: That's odd... I get 9 in XL2003 and I get 122 in XL2007. My XL2007 is at SP2... what service pack level are you at? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "NBVC" wrote in message ... I get 9 in both 2003 and 2007 -- NBVC Where there is a will there are many ways. 'The Code Cage' (http;//www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NBVC's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=74 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=111053 |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
Also, Rick - strange (or maybe not), but swap out any month/year and you get
the same result. For example: =DATEDIF(DATE(1956,4,27),DATE(2012,1,5),"md") =DATEDIF(DATE(2011,12,27),DATE(2012,1,5),"md") Perhaps related to that end date? Any ideas or source of further info I can contact would be appreciated. "Rick Rothstein" wrote: That's odd... I get 9 in XL2003 and I get 122 in XL2007. My XL2007 is at SP2... what service pack level are you at? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) |
DATEDIF "md" 2007 issue?
Many thanks to both you and Ron for taking the time to reply and report this
error. I just sent an interim response before I realized you'd responded. This reply stated that the error seems to center around that end date range only (as far as I could tell). Anyway, thanks again. As a P.S. : the cpearson link did have the following quote which underscores Ron's comments:"DATEDIF is treated as the drunk cousin of the Formula family." |
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