Get days, months, and years between dates

Get days, months, and years between dates

Generic formula 

=DATEDIF(start,end,"y") &" years,"&DATEDIF(start,end,"ym") &" months," &DATEDIF(start,end,"md") &" days"

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Explanation

To calculate and display the time between dates in days, months, and years, you can use the a formula based on the DATEDIF function.

In the example shown, the formula in D6 is:

=DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y") &" years,"&DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym") &" months," &DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md") &" days"

where start dates are in column B, and end dates are in column C.

How this formula works

The DATEDIF function is designed to calculate the difference between dates in years, months, and days. There are several variations available (e.g. time in months, time in months ignoring days and years, etc.) and these are set by the "unit" argument in the function. See this page on the DATEDIF function for a full list of available units.

In the example shown, we calculate years, months, and days separately, then "glue" the results together with concatenation. To get whole years, we use:

DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y")&" years,"

To get whole months, we use:

DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym")&" months,"

And we calculate days with:

DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md")&" days"

The rest of the formula is simply the required text joined together with the concatenation operator (&).

Without zero values

To prevent the output of days, months, or years with zero values, you can wrap each DATEDIF function inside IF, as shown here (line breaks added for readability):

=IF(DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y"), DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y")&"yr ","")&IF(DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym"), DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym")&" mo ","")&IF(DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md"), DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md") &" dy","")

To prevent extra commas from appearing in the final result, commas have been replaces by spaces. Using the original DATEDIF formula as the "logical test" inside IF works because IF treats any non-zero result as true.

Get days, months, and years between dates

Generic formula 

=DATEDIF(start,end,"y") &" years,"&DATEDIF(start,end,"ym") &" months," &DATEDIF(start,end,"md") &" days"

Related formulas 

Get days, hours, and minutes between dates

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Explanation

To calculate and display the time between dates in days, months, and years, you can use the a formula based on the DATEDIF function.

In the example shown, the formula in D6 is:

=DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y") &" years,"&DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym") &" months," &DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md") &" days"

where start dates are in column B, and end dates are in column C.

How this formula works

The DATEDIF function is designed to calculate the difference between dates in years, months, and days. There are several variations available (e.g. time in months, time in months ignoring days and years, etc.) and these are set by the "unit" argument in the function. See this page on the DATEDIF function for a full list of available units.

In the example shown, we calculate years, months, and days separately, then "glue" the results together with concatenation. To get whole years, we use:

DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y")&" years,"

To get whole months, we use:

DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym")&" months,"

And we calculate days with:

DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md")&" days"

The rest of the formula is simply the required text joined together with the concatenation operator (&).

Without zero values

To prevent the output of days, months, or years with zero values, you can wrap each DATEDIF function inside IF, as shown here (line breaks added for readability):

=IF(DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y"), DATEDIF(B6,C6,"y")&"yr ","")&IF(DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym"), DATEDIF(B6,C6,"ym")&" mo ","")&IF(DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md"), DATEDIF(B6,C6,"md") &" dy","")

To prevent extra commas from appearing in the final result, commas have been replaces by spaces. Using the original DATEDIF formula as the "logical test" inside IF works because IF treats any non-zero result as true.