For an assignment I'm asked to calculate how many decades have elasped
since a particular date.

Can anyone help me with this formula


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Hi
maybe
=INT(DATEDIF(A1,TODAY(),"y")/10)

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For an assignment I'm asked to calculate how many decades have elasped
since a particular date.

Can anyone help me with this formula


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Hi,

You havent specified how you are going to count the years(like if the
difference in years is 26 , do you want the result as 2 or 3).If you
want result as 2 then use

=ROUNDDOWN(DATEDIF(B2,C2,"Y")/10,0)

where B2 has the start date and C2 has the end date.

If the result should be 3 then use

=ROUND(DATEDIF(B2,C2,"Y")/10,0)

where B2 has the start date and C2 has the end date.

Regards

Govind.


Saskia wrote:

For an assignment I'm asked to calculate how many decades have elasped
since a particular date.

Can anyone help me with this formula

With units of decades and the term "elapsed", I expect an integer result is
required. With your example of 26 years, 2 decades have elapsed; 3 decades
have not elapsed. IMO, the result must be 2, not 3.


On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:07:35 +0530, Govind wrote:

You havent specified how you are going to count the years (like if the
difference in years is 26 , do you want the result as 2 or 3)