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dlcusic1
May 12, 2022Copper Contributor
Excel formulas for day counting
why is it that my formula for counting days using in between dats seems to not be counting either my first day or very last day? for instance enter date 5-1-22 and exit date 5-15-22, should be 15 but...
Riny_van_Eekelen
May 12, 2022Platinum Contributor
dlcusic1 Dates are stored as numbers and Excel merely calculates the difference between two numbers. Just like 10 - 1 = 9 , though when counting from day 1 to day 10 you'll end up with 10 days. So, with dates you must add 1 if that's what you need.
dlcusic1
May 12, 2022Copper Contributor
Thank you so much. You guys are amazing!!