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How To Count the number of days, weeks, months or years between two dates?

Have you ever considered calculating how many days, weeks, months or years between two given dates in Excel? This tutorial can help you to finish the following operations as soon as possible.


Count the number of days between two dates with formulas

To count the number of days between two given dates, please use below formulas:

1. Enter any one of the below formulas into a blank cell where you want to get the result:

=DATEDIF(A2,B2,"D")
=B2-A2

Note: In the above formula, A2 is the start date cell and B2 is the end date cell.

2. Then, drag the fill handle down to the cells that you want to apply this formula, and the number of days have been calculated, see screenshot:


Count the number of weeks between two dates with formulas

To count how many weeks between two dates, you can use the below handy formula, just subtract start date from the end date and divide by 7.

1. Enter any one of the below formulas into a blank cell:

=(DATEDIF(A2,B2,"D")/7)
=(B2-A2)/7

Note: In the above formula, A2 is the start date cell and B2 is the end date cell.

2. Then, drag the fill handle down to fill this formula, and you will get the weeks in decimal numbers, see screenshot:

  • TipsIf you want to get the number of full weeks between two dates, please apply this formula:
  • =ROUNDDOWN((DATEDIF(A2, B2, "d") / 7), 0)
    =INT((B2-A2)/7)


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Count the number of months between two dates with formula

If you want to determine the number of months between two dates, you can use this DATEDIF function.

1. Please enter the following formula into a blank cell where you want to output the result:

=DATEDIF(A2,B2,"m")

Note: In the above formula, A2 is the start date cell and B2 is the end date cell.

2. Then, drag the fill handle down to fill this formula, and you will get the number of completed months between the given two dates, see screenshot:

  • TipsIf you want to get the number of full weeks between two dates, please apply this formula:
  • =DATEDIF(A2,B2,"m")&"months "&DATEDIF(A2,B2,"md")&"days"


Count the number of years between two dates with formula

With the above DATEDIF function, you can also calculate the number of years between two dates.

1. Apply the below formula into a blank cell:

=DATEDIF(A2,B2,"y")

Note: In the above formula, A2 is the start date cell and B2 is the end date cell.

2. Then, drag the fill handle down to the cells that you want to apply this formula, and all the number of years have been calculated as below screenshot shown:


Count the number of years months and days between two dates with formulas

Sometimes, you need to know exactly how many years, months and days between two dates, in this situation, the following long formula may help you.

1. In a blank cell, enter or copy the following formula:

=DATEDIF(A2, B2, "y") &" years "&DATEDIF(A2, B2, "ym") &" months " &DATEDIF(A2, B2, "md") &" days"

Note: In the above formula, A2 is the start date cell and B2 is the end date cell.

2. And then, drag the fill handle to fill this formula, and the specific number of years, months and days between the dates are calculated at once, see screenshot:


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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as this:

1. Click a cell where you want to locate the result, and then click KutoolsFormula Helper > Date & Time helper, see screenshot:

2. In the Date & Time Helper dialog box, do the following operations:

  • Check Difference option from the Type section;
  • In the Arguments input textboxes, select the cells which contain the start date and end date separately;
  • Then, choose the output result type as you need. For example, if you want to get the number of years, months, weeks and days between two dates, you just select Year + Month + Week + Day.

3. After finishing the settings, please click OK button, and you will get the first calculated result, then, you just need to drag the fill handle down to the cells that you want to apply this formula, and you will get the following result as you need:

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More relative date and time articles:

  • Calculate Hours Between Times After Midnight In Excel
  • Supposing you have a time table to record your work time, the time in Column A is the start time of today and time in Column B is the end time of the following day. Normally, if you calculate the time difference between the two times by directly minus "=B2-A2", it will not display the correct result as left screenshot shown. How could you calculate the hours between two times after midnight in Excel correctly?
  • Count The Number Of Days / Workdays / Weekends Between Two Dates
  • Have you ever needed to count the number of days between two dates in Excel? May be, sometimes, you just only want to calculate the workdays between two dates, and sometime, you need to count the weekend days only between the two dates. How could you count the number of days between two dates in a certain condition?

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Dateif formula how to input?
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Hi I am trying to build up a salary report where i need to split a person salary by month if they completed that full month , and if their start or end date is after the beginning or the did of the month then calculate that month based on the network days worked. the problem I am getting when using the theses date formulas is that are not showing the correct completed month only. for example.

Start Date End Date
07/09/2022 11/01/2023

this should be 3 months and 26 days (18 working days in September and 8 working days in Jan 2023) = DatedIf formula is showing 4
Can anyone help?


thanks,
Charlotte
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Quisiera saber, si podría calcular cuántos martes hay entre dos fechas; por ejemplo, en tres años o no es posible
Gracias de antemano por su colaboración
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Hello, Pilar,
To get the number of a specific weekday, you can apply the below formula:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(WEEKDAY(ROW(INDIRECT(A2&":"&B2)))=3))


Note: A2 is the start date, B2 is the end date, and the number 3 indicates Tuesday, 1 to 7 indicates from Sunday to Saturday, you can change the number to your need.

Please try, hope it can help you!
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Muchísimas gracias por su ayuda
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How can obtain age from two DOB. Eg- i need to calculate the age from DATE of Birth till the Date of Treatment was started
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how to obtain matching no of months between two sets of dates ?
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What is the formula for 01/05/2017 13:01:20 minus 01/05/2017 08:59:27 to get the total hours.
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I need the following and cannot figure out the formula I have been given the date of birth, date of exam. I need a third date, (record purge date) that has the following rules; IF they are 18 or over by exam date, the purge date will be 7 years from exam date IF they are under 18 by exam date, the purge date would be 7 years from when they turn 18
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