DATEDIF - Difference of 2 dates, Age Calculation in Excel
You can calculate a persons age based on their birthday and today's date.
The calculation uses the DATEDIF() function.
The DATEDIF() is not documented in Excel 5, 7 or 97, but it is in 2000.
What Does It Do?This function calculates the difference between two dates.
It can show the result in weeks, months or years.
Syntax=DATEDIF(FirstDate,SecondDate,"Interval")
FirstDate : This is the earliest of the two dates.
SecondDate : This is the most recent of the two dates.
"Interval" : This indicates what you want to calculate.
These are the available intervals.
- "d" : Days between the two dates.
- "m" : Months between the two dates.
- "y" : Years between the two dates.
- "yd" : Days between the dates, as if the dates were in the same year.
- "ym" : Months between the dates, as if the dates were in the same year.
- "md" : Days between the two dates, as if the dates were in the same month and year.
Example
Birth Date : 1 Apr 1991
Age as on 5 June 2014 is
Years : 23 =DATEDIF("1-Apr-1991","5-June-2014","y")
Months : 2 =DATEDIF("1-Apr-1991","5-June-2014","ym")
Days : 4 =DATEDIF("1-Apr-1991","5-June-2014","md")
You can put this all together in one calculation, which creates a text version.
Age is 23 Years, 2 Months and 4 Days
="Age is " & DATEDIF("01-Apr-1991","5-Jun-2014","y") & " Years " & DATEDIF("01-Apr-1991","5-Jun-2014","ym") & " Months " & DATEDIF("01-Apr-1991","5-Jun-2014","md") & " Days"
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