Calculating days & time left from start date/time to end date/time

[Guest]

Hello experts,
What formula should I use to show # days left, including time (in hrs,
mins and sec's) from current date/time to a target end date/time?
For instance:

Start Date: Now()
End Date: December 31, 2005 5:00:00 PM

Your help is greatly appreciated.
Marie

 

[Guest]

=ROUND(A2-A1,0)&" days and "&TEXT(A2-A1,"h:mm:ss")

Or if it is less than one month, you can just subtract them (=A2-A1) and use
a custom format of

d "days and" h:mm

They both look like this
25 days and 1:20:27

 

[Bob Phillips]

How about

=INT(A21-NOW())&" days, "&TEXT(MOD(A21-NOW(),1)," hh:mm:ss")

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HTH

RP
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[Guest]

This worked! Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Hi Bob, I compared the result using your formula with the one provided by
"Sloth" and it appears that I am off by a day using yours. 'Not sure why.

 

[Bob Phillips]

That is because Sloth's Rounds the subtracted dates, so if it is 24.6 say,
it rounds it up to 25, and then the .6 is used to calculate the hours. So, I
think he is wrong

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HTH

RP
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[Bob Phillips]

Try it with tomorrow at midday to see, Sloth's gives more than 1 day!

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RP
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[Guest]

oops. your correct bob. sorry about that marie.