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    help! Date formula to Return blank if cell is empty

    Hello everyone - I have a simple formula that is counting the days when a date is entered in a cell however how do I have the cell blank when no date is in the cell?*right now I have a bunch of numbers (41646 41646) for example all the way down.I know I have to add a " " somewhere but dont know where!! please help!!*my formula is below:

    =DATEDIF(M4,TODAY(),"d")

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    Re: help! Date formula to Return blank if cell is empty

    welcome to the forum, marquint. you could use:
    =if(M4="","",DATEDIF(M4,TODAY(),"d"))

    or just:
    =if(M4="","",TODAY()-M4)

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