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Unexpected result using Datediff
I'm trying to work with graphs and dates, in my code I'm using Datediff to
get the serial number for a given date and then graph the value. The problem is that the difference between 04/01/2008 (mm/dd/yyyy) and 01/01/1900 is giving the serial number of 2 days earlier. I know that I should add one to get the serial number for April 1st 2008, instead I'm getting the serial number for March 31st 2008. Isn't this odd? |
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Unexpected result using Datediff
Hi Gerardo,
See Chip Pearson at: Dates And Times In Excel http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm#AddingDates See particularly the section entitled: How Excel Stores Dates And Times --- Regards. Norman "Gerardo" wrote in message ... I'm trying to work with graphs and dates, in my code I'm using Datediff to get the serial number for a given date and then graph the value. The problem is that the difference between 04/01/2008 (mm/dd/yyyy) and 01/01/1900 is giving the serial number of 2 days earlier. I know that I should add one to get the serial number for April 1st 2008, instead I'm getting the serial number for March 31st 2008. Isn't this odd? |
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Unexpected result using Datediff
"Gerardo" wrote in message
... I'm trying to work with graphs and dates, in my code I'm using Datediff to get the serial number for a given date and then graph the value. The problem is that the difference between 04/01/2008 (mm/dd/yyyy) and 01/01/1900 is giving the serial number of 2 days earlier. I know that I should add one to get the serial number for April 1st 2008, instead I'm getting the serial number for March 31st 2008. Isn't this odd? 1900 was not a leap year, that may account for the difference of 1. |
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Thank you, that was interesting, the funny thing is that within a worksheet,
calculating the difference using cells works just fine. "Norman Jones" wrote: Hi Gerardo, See Chip Pearson at: Dates And Times In Excel http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm#AddingDates See particularly the section entitled: How Excel Stores Dates And Times --- Regards. Norman "Gerardo" wrote in message ... I'm trying to work with graphs and dates, in my code I'm using Datediff to get the serial number for a given date and then graph the value. The problem is that the difference between 04/01/2008 (mm/dd/yyyy) and 01/01/1900 is giving the serial number of 2 days earlier. I know that I should add one to get the serial number for April 1st 2008, instead I'm getting the serial number for March 31st 2008. Isn't this odd? |
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