Counting Months

[jermsalerms]

Cell A1 is a date and cell A2 is a date.
what formula can I use to make A3 return the correct amount of months between these two dates.

Example:
A1 = 6/1/2006
A2 = 9/01/2007
A3 = 15

PS - A1 and A2 are formatted as DATES

[Don Guillett]

=DATEDIF(a2,a1,"m")

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> Cell A1 is a date and cell A2 is a date.
> what formula can I use to make A3 return the correct amount of months
> between these two dates.
>
> Example:
> A1 = 6/1/2006
> A2 = 9/01/2007
> A3 = 15
>
> PS - A1 and A2 are formatted as DATES
>
>
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[Bill Kuunders]

one way

=(A2-A1)/30.42

format as number --no decimals.

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> Cell A1 is a date and cell A2 is a date.
> what formula can I use to make A3 return the correct amount of months
> between these two dates.
>
> Example:
> A1 = 6/1/2006
> A2 = 9/01/2007
> A3 = 15
>
> PS - A1 and A2 are formatted as DATES
>
>
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[excelent]

=(YEAR(A2)-YEAR(A1))*12+MONTH(A2)-MONTH(A1)
Format as standard

[David Biddulph]

"jermsalerms" <[email protected]>
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>
> Cell A1 is a date and cell A2 is a date.
> what formula can I use to make A3 return the correct amount of months
> between these two dates.
>
> Example:
> A1 = 6/1/2006
> A2 = 9/01/2007
> A3 = 15
>
> PS - A1 and A2 are formatted as DATES

=DATEDIF(A1,A2,"m")
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datedif.htm
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