#NUM! error

[leopardhawk]

Regarding this formula:

If there are dates in E8 (September 23, 1953) and H8 (April 1, 2017) the formula is returning "Started pension at 63 years and 6 months of age.". This is good.

If both cells are blank, the formula is returning "Started pension at 0 years and 0 months of age." which is also good.

However, for practical purposes, there will be situations where H8 will be blank and if it is, then I am receiving a #NUM ! error.

What I am trying to accomplish is that the formula should also return "Started pension at 0 years and 0 months of age." if H8 is blank. Is this possible?

="Started pension at "&DATEDIF('personal information'!E8,'personal information'!H8,"y")& " years " &DATEDIF('personal information'!E8,'personal information'!H8,"ym")&" months of age."

Thanks!

 

[tyija1995]

You'll need to nest an IF/IFERROR statement, DATEDIF can't compare a legit date to a blank cell (when entering legit date as parameter 1), as the compared date (cell H8) must be equal or greater than the initial date (cell E8).

So you could say if E8 is greater than H8 then return "Started pension at 0 years 0 months of age." Otherwise have it run the formula you posted.

Like so:

IF('personal information'!E8>'personal information'!H8,"Started pension at 0 years 0 months of age.","Started pension at "&DATEDIF('personal information'!E8,'personal information'!H8,"y")& " years " &DATEDIF('personal information'!E8,'personal information'!H8,"ym")&" months of age.")

 

[leopardhawk]

Thank you so much Tyija, that works perfectly. Cheers!