Difference between dates in Years, Months...

ljubo_gr

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Hi,
Please, help. Excel is still mystery to me.

I worked before with =DATEDIF() but I want avoid "MD" unit as it's prone to inaccurate result.
I need difference between dates as: in Years, Months, Days, hh:mm:ss, four columns and additional columns as simple =end-startDate as elapsed Days and one column as total elapsed [HH]:mm:ss.
I will only have start date, because i will use =NOW() or =Today() for end date. But, formula should work with cell values also.(Start Date(smaller), EndDate(bigger date))

I have problems with third column( DAYS). I have wrong results with formula: =DAYS(TODAY();EDATE(E4;J4)) where E4 is startDate and J4 is value from =datedif(small, big, "YM") for months.

I NEED e.g.: 15/04/2020 23:59 =NOW() 15/03/2021 16:41 0y 10m 30d 7:18 330d [1569]:26:59 <<< approximately

Thank you in advance, God Bless!
 
Did you review or try any of the formulas?
Which calculation are you referring to?
The hours calculations reconcile.

=(INT(B2)-INT(A2)-1)*24+F2*24 = complete days *24 + 1 minute start date + 16 hours and 41 minutes end date
 
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I have to give up the DATEDIF function. Gotta use Year Eomonth etc, to manually calculate difference.
I have to calculate hhmmss and substract to days and days substract to months, to have: 0y 10m 29,7d 17:29 i guess.
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Good luck on your project.

The following shows the calculation of total hours.
Datedif.xlsm
ABCDE
1StartEndDays InclusiveHours
201-Jan-2021 00:00:0131-Dec-2021 23:59:593658,759.999
301-Jan-2020 06:00:0031-Dec-2020 18:00:003668,772.000leap year
401-Jan-202131-Dec-20213658,760.000
5
1aa
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C3C2=INT(B2)-INT(A2)+1
D2:D3D2=(C2-2)*24+(1-MOD(A2,1))*24+(MOD(B2,1))*24+N("Total day -2 to exclude start and end days+Start hours +End hours")
C4C4=B4-A4+1
D4D4=365*24
 
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Thank you Dave, i'll give up, cannot calculate exact days, moths, years elapsed. :cry::cry:
 
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Row 2 is inclusive; the hours in the start date and the hours in the end date are included.
If a person works Monday to Friday, is that 4 days or 5 days? 5-1 =4 5-1+1= 5

Datedif.xlsm
ABCDEFG
7Mon 01-Jan-18Fri 05-Jan-180055.0120
1a
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C7C7=DATEDIF(A7-1,B7,"y")
D7D7=DATEDIF(A7-1,B7,"ym")
E7E7=DATEDIF(A7-1,B7,"MD")
F7F7=B7-A7+1
G7G7=F7*24


A non leap year is 365 days; a year that includes Feb 29 is 366. Should the calculation reflect 366 days?

Datedif.xlsm
ABCDEFG
1StartEndYearsMonthsDaysT DaysHH:MM:SS
215-Apr-2020 23:5915-Mar-2021 16:410111334.78008:42
315-Apr-202015-Mar-20210111335.08040
401-Jan-202030-Apr-20211330486.011664
501-Jan-202031-Dec-2020100366.08784
1a
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C5C2=DATEDIF(A2-1,B2,"y")
D2:D5D2=DATEDIF(A2-1,B2,"ym")
E2:E5E2=DATEDIF(A2-1,B2,"MD")
F2:F5F2=B2-A2+1
G2G2=(INT(B2)-INT(A2)-1)+1-MOD(A2,1)+MOD(B2,1)
G3:G5G3=F3*24
 
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