counting the number or months between two dates.

[Lisa]

How do I count the number of months between two dates.

 

[John C]

=DATEDIF(A1,A2,"ym")

 

[Lisa]

Ok Maybe I did something wrong.

I used =DATEDIF(A1,A2,"ym")
with A1 as 4/30/2007
and A2 as 11/30/2008
result was 7

????????

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

If you want months only,use "m" instead of "ym"
"ym" is used when you strip off the year

y = year
ym = months after year(s) is removed
m = months
md = days after months have been stripped off
d = days but you might was well use end-start on that one

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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

Ok Maybe I did something wrong.

I used =DATEDIF(A1,A2,"ym")
with A1 as 4/30/2007
and A2 as 11/30/2008
result was 7

Try:

=DATEDIF(A1,A2,"m")
--ron

 

[John C]

my bad, sorry, I am so used to typing "ym" that i was on autopilot. See the
other 2 posts for corrections