enter date(A) and have (B) total to current day?
 

I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B give
me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B be
12.

enter date(A) and have (B) total to current day?
 

jeffcol777, =TODAY()-A1 format the cell as general
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"jeffcol777" wrote in message
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I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B give
me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B
be
12.

enter date(A) and have (B) total to current day?
 

=TODAY()-A1 and then format as general or number.
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Kevin Vaughn


"jeffcol777" wrote:

I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B give
me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B be
12.

enter date(A) and have (B) total to current day?
 

=TODAY()-A1

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Bob Phillips

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"jeffcol777" wrote in message
...
I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B
give
me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B
be
12.