Months or Years remaining, formatting

Hello all.

=(A1-(NOW()))/365

The above formula gives me years remaining as "X.XX YEARS" (currently I have the cell formatted as 0.0" years"; )

This is a two-part question:
(a) FORMULA CHANGE: I want to change the formula so that the result is the same, UNLESS [LESS THAN 1 YEAR], THEN "X.XX MONTHS"

(b) FORMATTING METHOD: should i set up a conditional formatting solution, or can I just do this all in one in-cell formula?

Any help would be much apprecieted.

- Jim

Try:

=DATEDIF(A1,TODAY(),"y") & " Years " & DATEDIF(A1,TODAY(),"ym") & " Months"

DATEDIF is only documented in XL2000 Help but Chip Pearson has a page on his
website about it:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datedif.htm

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> Hello all.
>
> =(A1-(NOW()))/365
>
> The above formula gives me years remaining as "X.XX YEARS" (currently I
> have the cell formatted as 0.0" years"; )
>
> This is a two-part question:
> (a) FORMULA CHANGE: I want to change the formula so that the result is
> the same, UNLESS [LESS THAN 1 YEAR], THEN "X.XX MONTHS"
>
> (b) FORMATTING METHOD: should i set up a conditional formatting
> solution, or can I just do this all in one in-cell formula?
>
> Any help would be much apprecieted.
>
> - Jim
>
>
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Dear Swat and Sandy,

Thanx much to you both. Swat's worked perfectly. Sandy yours is a nice idea but I have not implemented it as my problem was already solved. Made a note of it for future reference.

Best Regards,
- James