Documentation/How Tos/Calc: DAYS function

DAYS

Returns the number of days between two dates

Syntax:

DAYS(enddate; startdate)

startdate and enddate may be dates as numbers or text (which is converted to number form).

DAYS returns enddate - startdate. The result may be negative.

Example:

DAYS("3Mar08"; "1Mar08")

returns 2.

DAYS(A1; A2)

where cell A1 contains the date 9Jun08 and A2 contains 2Jun08 returns 7.

See also:

DAYS360, NETWORKDAYS

Date & Time functions

Date & Time overview

Issues:

• The forthcoming ODFF standard requires reversed parameters - ie DAYS(startdate; enddate); see Issue 84884.

• DAYS does not count the first day of the period, but NETWORKDAYS does. This complies with the ODFF standard, but is potentially confusing.