When you enter a number into an Excel cell that looks like a date, such as "Jun-1" or "6/1," Excel automatically adjusts the format of the cell to display a date, so you may not know that Excel ...

In this post, we will show you how to calculate the expiry date in Microsoft Excel. Calculating expiry dates is a common requirement when working with Excel, especially for tracking inventory, ...

If you need to calculate dates in your spreadsheets, Excel uses its own unique system, which it calls Serial Numbers. Every date (month, day, year) and time (hour, minute, and second) has an ...

Finding the exact difference between two dates in Excel may not be the most used feature, but it can be a lot of fun. A classic example is working out someone’s age. It’s not as complicated as it ...

Excel is a powerful software that can do more advanced tasks than you may imagine. You can get Excel to automatically update the date in your Excel document each time you open it. Learning how to ...

A TechRepublic member wrote for advice on calculating the years, months, and days elapsed between two dates. This tutorial explains the solution provided by TechRepublic contributor Jeff Davis. A ...

DATEDIF(), which means Date + Dif, is a compatibility function left over from Lotus 1-2-3 that Microsoft adopted in Excel version 2000, which is the only version that explains how this function works.