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 ...

Subtraction is the easiest way to count days between two dates in Excel. You can use the arithmetic operator – (minus sign) to subtract one date from another to find the number of days between them.

Q. Is there an easy way to calculate how long in years and months the employees have been working for my company? A. Excel can do that, as long as you’ve listed all the employees in a database. If so, ...

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