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Difference between fixed and variable date
I have a date difference formula =DATEDIF(B1,TODAY(),"M") which works
fine. I thought I would amend the 'Today' bit of the formula to solve the problem where I want to know the number of months between a variable date and a fixed date. e.g. variable date Fixed Date Months Difference 15/06/2006 31/04/2007 ? 22/09/2006 31/04/2007 ? 03/02/2006 31/04/2007 ? Can you advise please. |
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Difference between fixed and variable date
Two options (ther may be others).
1. Use another cell for the fixed date and refer to it =DATEDIF(B1,C1,"M") 2. Hard code the fixed date into the formula =DATEDIF(B1,DATE(2006,12,8)=,"M") The first option may be easier if you want to change the fixed date at any time, but the second option is tidier as it doesn't need any extra cells in the sheet. -- Ian -- "RC" wrote in message ... I have a date difference formula =DATEDIF(B1,TODAY(),"M") which works fine. I thought I would amend the 'Today' bit of the formula to solve the problem where I want to know the number of months between a variable date and a fixed date. e.g. variable date Fixed Date Months Difference 15/06/2006 31/04/2007 ? 22/09/2006 31/04/2007 ? 03/02/2006 31/04/2007 ? Can you advise please. |
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Difference between fixed and variable date
Thanks for the formulae. One issue I seem to get a lot and don't understand why is that the resulting cell gives an answer of #VALUE!. I try to change the result cell format to a number but nothing changes. What could cause this? "Ian" wrote: Two options (ther may be others). 1. Use another cell for the fixed date and refer to it =DATEDIF(B1,C1,"M") 2. Hard code the fixed date into the formula =DATEDIF(B1,DATE(2006,12,8)=,"M") The first option may be easier if you want to change the fixed date at any time, but the second option is tidier as it doesn't need any extra cells in the sheet. -- Ian -- "RC" wrote in message ... I have a date difference formula =DATEDIF(B1,TODAY(),"M") which works fine. I thought I would amend the 'Today' bit of the formula to solve the problem where I want to know the number of months between a variable date and a fixed date. e.g. variable date Fixed Date Months Difference 15/06/2006 31/04/2007 ? 22/09/2006 31/04/2007 ? 03/02/2006 31/04/2007 ? Can you advise please. |
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Difference between fixed and variable date
I get #Value if one of the the first two arguments are not a date. It could
be the value is stored as a string/text instead of an actual date. If Excel can interpret the string as a date, it still works for me, but if not, then I get #Value. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "RC" wrote in message ... Thanks for the formulae. One issue I seem to get a lot and don't understand why is that the resulting cell gives an answer of #VALUE!. I try to change the result cell format to a number but nothing changes. What could cause this? "Ian" wrote: Two options (ther may be others). 1. Use another cell for the fixed date and refer to it =DATEDIF(B1,C1,"M") 2. Hard code the fixed date into the formula =DATEDIF(B1,DATE(2006,12,8)=,"M") The first option may be easier if you want to change the fixed date at any time, but the second option is tidier as it doesn't need any extra cells in the sheet. -- Ian -- "RC" wrote in message ... I have a date difference formula =DATEDIF(B1,TODAY(),"M") which works fine. I thought I would amend the 'Today' bit of the formula to solve the problem where I want to know the number of months between a variable date and a fixed date. e.g. variable date Fixed Date Months Difference 15/06/2006 31/04/2007 ? 22/09/2006 31/04/2007 ? 03/02/2006 31/04/2007 ? Can you advise please. |
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