If on an Excel sheet you work not only with numbers, graphs, pictures, but also with dates, then you probably came across a situation where you had to calculate the difference between them. For example, you need to determine the number of days or months for a certain period of time, or calculate the age of a person so that the result is in days, months and years, or maybe it is required to calculate working days.
There is already an article about calculating the difference in Excel on the site, and in it I touched on dates a little. But now let's look at this issue in more detail and figure out how to calculate the number of days between two dates in a simple way or using the RAZDAT () function, and how to determine the number of working days.
Method 1: subtraction
Let's start with the simplest - we subtract the second from one date, and we get the value we need. Before that, make sure that the format of the cells in which the numbers are entered is selected "Date".
If you haven’t filled them in yet, then select the range you want to work with and click on the small arrow next to the name of the “Number” group.
In the window that opens on the left, select the format that suits us, and then in the main area decide on the type: 03/14/12, 14 Mar 12 or another. Press "OK".
In those cells for which you have just changed the format, enter data. I filled out A1 and B1. Now you need to select any cell ( D1 ) in which the general data format is set, otherwise the calculations will be incorrect. Put “=” in it and press first the latest (B1) date, then the early (A1). To calculate the number of days between them, press "Enter".
Method 2: using a function
To do this, select the cell in which the result will be (B3), and see that the general format is selected for it.
To calculate the days, we will use the RAZDAT() function. It includes three arguments: start and end date, unit. The unit is what we want to get the result in. Substituted here:
"d" - the number of days;
"m" - the number of full months;
"y" - the number of full years;
"md" - will count the days without taking into account months and years;
"yd" - counting days without taking into account only years;
"ym" - counts the months without taking into account the year.
We put an equal sign in B3, write RAZDAT and open the bracket. Then we select the early date (A1), then the late one (B1), put the appropriate unit in quotation marks and close the bracket. Between all arguments put ";" . To calculate, press "Enter".
I got this formula:
RAZNDAT(A1;B1;"d")
Choosing “d” as the unit, I got the result - 111.
If you change this value, for example, to "md", then the formula will calculate the difference between 5 and 24, excluding months and years.
By changing this argument in this way, it will be possible to derive the exact age of a person. In one cell there will be years "y", the second months "ym", the third days "md"
Method 3: counting working days
Let's take this table as an example. In column A we have the beginning of the month or the starting date of the count, in B we have the end of the month or the count. This function counts working days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, but there are also holidays in months, so we will fill column C with the corresponding dates.
NETWORKDAYS(A5;B5;C5)
As arguments, we specify the start date (A5), then the end date (B5). The last argument is the holidays (C5). We separate them ";" .
By pressing "Enter" the result will appear, in the example cell D5 - 21 days.
Now consider if there are several holidays in a month. For example, in January New Year and Christmas. Select the cell ( D6 ) and put it equal. Then click on the letter "f" in the formula bar. A window will open "Insert Function". In the "Category" field, select "Full alphabetical list" and find the desired function in the list. Click OK.
Next, you need to select the arguments of the function. In "Start_date" we select the initial value (A6), in "End_date" - the final (B6). In the last field, enter the dates of the holidays in brackets () and quotes "". Then press "OK".
As a result, we will get the following function and the value will be calculated excluding weekends and specified holidays:
NETWORKDAYS(A6,B6,("01/01/17", "01/07/17"))
In order not to register holidays manually, you can specify a certain range in the corresponding field. I have it C6:C7.
Working days will be counted, and the function will look like:
NETWORKDAYS(A6;B6;C6:C7)
Now let's do the calculation for the last month. Enter the function and fill in its arguments:
NETWORKDAYS(A8;B8;C8)
In February, it turned out 19 working days.
About other date and time functions in Excel, I wrote a separate article, and you can read it by clicking on the link.
| Beginning of a period (or through a slash or a dot) |
| End of period (or through a slash or dot) |
| Marked weekends of the week |
| P AT With H P With AT |
| Take into account the decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation on the transfer of days |
| YES |
Calculation of working days and holidays
The calculator is quite simple, but nevertheless, in my opinion, it is very convenient for calculating the number of working days between arbitrary dates.
The calculator uses data on the transfer of working days and holidays, which are contained in the annual resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Of course, there are many such calculators and we are not original in this, but there are a few highlights that I think you will like, and can be used to create other calculators.
The first highlight: We can not take into account the holidays that are contained in the decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation, but take into account only weekends (for Russia, Saturday and Sunday)
The second highlight: For those countries that have other days of the week as days off (for example, in Israel, the days off are Friday and Saturday), you can specify which days of the week will be days off. This is convenient not only for other countries, but also for local use, when it is known that we work in shifts, every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday.
The third highlight: We can use a completely arbitrary system of days off, set in a certain form (there is no display of this function on the site, although the functionality is working) and for everyone, it will not be difficult to build a production calendar for Belarus, Kazakhstan or Serbia.
A nice side effect of this calculator is also the calculation of the number of days between two dates. Moreover, she calculates the difference in the same way as it is done in the accounting department and the personnel department. That is, if a person works from July 1 to July 8, then it turns out 8 days. Since the last day is considered a working day.
Unlike mathematical and astronomical calculators, where with the same data, 7 days are obtained. This error in one day appears due to the fact that in personnel decisions the last day is always a working day and must be taken into account, and in exact and abstract calculators it is considered that July 8 comes at midnight (0:0:0) and the difference between midnight July 1 and midnight July 8 (or 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds 999 milliseconds, 999999 microseconds, etc. July 7) will be exactly 7 days.
The basic principle that the bot adheres to is the frequency of weekends during the week. If this is observed, the calculator will give you the result you expected.
It is unfortunate that the decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation still do not introduce a QR code, where all holidays for the current code would be indicated for machine processing. This would simplify the work of a certain circle of people.
Holidays and transfers on the territory of the Russian Federation are taken into account from 2010 to 2019 inclusive.
For users who need to calculate the first working date after a vacation or business trip or other period of time, pay attention to this calculator. Date of return to work from vacation, decree online
Syntax
For Jabber clients
slave_d date.start; end.date;week
a week - gives complete information on how to calculate working days and hours. The week consists of seven characters 0 or 1, where each character has its own role. 0 - the person works, 1 - the person does not work (day off). If the week is empty, then the code 0000011 is used - that is, Saturday and Sunday are days off.
I would like to note that this is a calendar week and this indicator shows how you rest during the week. The numbering of the week starts from zero and this day is Monday, then comes Tuesday -1, Wednesday -2, etc.
start date - date in the form DD/MM/YYYY - indicates the beginning of the range for which the number of working days is calculated
end date - date in the form DD/MM/YYYY - indicates the end of the range for which the number of working days is calculated
ATTENTION! The date can also be entered with a dot or a slash. Through a dot it is more convenient to enter on cellular and tablets, and through a slash it is more convenient on a computer on the keyboard on the right (numerical panel)
Examples of using
rab_d 1/1/2014;31/12/2014
in response we will receive
Number of days between two specified dates 365
Number of working days 247
Number of weekends and holidays 118
rab_d 2/7/2010;25/10/2013
In response we get
Number of days between two specified dates 1212
Number of working days 827
Number of days off and holidays 385
rab_d 20/1/2010;10/2/2014;0101001
In response we get
Number of days between two given dates 1483
Number of working days 797
Number of days off and holidays 686
The previous example, just ignore public holidays. As a use case, shift duty, security, etc.
Apparently this is a very common occurrence. Immediately got on the Internet to look for an online service that allows calculate how old a person is by his date of birth.
As expected, such services exist. And not a few. Talented PHP programmers took care of "lost in time" and wrote all kinds of calculator scripts to calculate years by date of birth, or just calculate the number of years, months, days, hours, minutes and even seconds between two dates online.
I would like to write about some of them.
Calculation of how many years, months, days, hours, minutes have passed by date of birth
Many of you are probably wondering: "And how many days do I live?" . But not many bothered to count. It's a very tedious task. But with the help of this site:
can easily calculate by date of birth. You will find out how old you are, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds and even milliseconds.
The service will also give you what time your next birthday will be.
Calculate days and years between two dates - online calculator
http://planetcalc.ru/274/ - with the help of this calculator you will be able to count days and years between two dates in online mode. Just enter the required data and the service will give you the exact result.
Counting the number of days from a date to a date
http://www.calculator888.ru/skolko-dnei/ is another site where you can find out exactly how old a person is. Moreover, it can calculate online the number of years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds elapsed from one date to another.
A calendar is a way of counting and displaying large periods of time.
All our calculations are carried out within the framework of the Gregorian calendar now generally accepted throughout the world (the average length of a year is 365.2425 days). When making historical calculations, please check the dates. The difference between the indications of the Gregorian and Julian calendar is now 13 days, but in the early centuries the number of days between equal dates was less, the less, the closer to the beginning of our era ().
Date 1
sun 22 . 06 . 1941 04 : 00
original date
21
Interval
1417
days between dates
0
centuries between dates
Date 2
Tue 09 . 05 . 1945 01 : 43
final date
21
1012
working days between dates *
3
years between dates
46
months between dates
34009
hours between dates
2040583
minutes between dates
122434980
seconds between dates
3
10
17
1
43
years months days hours minutes
between two dates
The number of minutes and seconds in the date cannot exceed 60, you entered ... other date parameters will be changed
The number of hours in the date cannot exceed 23, you entered: ... - other date parameters will also be changed
Attention!
Holidays in Russia are taken into account in full only if both dates refer to 2018
The number of days in a month \n cannot be more than 31
Oh-oh!
The number you entered refers to times that are hard to imagine...
Sorry!
Here is a simple online calculator that is aware of its, alas, modest capabilities, and not an astronomical program!
Please enter another number.
Based on this small scoreboard created.
Now the calculation table is configured to count the days until the beginning of summer.
To calculate how many days have passed or will pass between the dates you are interested in, simply enter them in the appropriate fields of the table. The time interval can be changed in the same way as dates, while the countdown will be from "Date 1", and "Date 2" will change.
The calculation results also display unchanging information values and indicators - these are the days of the week (dark gray - weekdays, orange-red - weekends) and, as a final summary, the interval between dates, expressed in years, months, days, hours and minutes .
If on the scoreboard you see the most fateful period of history for our country - the days between the dates of the Great Patriotic War, then it means that Java Script is disabled in your browser and must be enabled for calculations.
* Within 2019 of the year working days calculation ongoing taking into account the holidays of Russia and approved by the government of the Russian Federation scheme for the transfer of days off. For long periods of time between dates, the calculation of the number of working days is based on the assumption of a five-day working week, holidays are not taken into account.
Sergey Ov(seosnews9)
Reference: It is authentically known that at the end of the first millennium in Ancient Russia, the time was counted according to the Julian calendar, although the new year was celebrated on March 1, the countdown according to such a calendar is called the March style. The difference between equal dates of the modern and ancient calendar on March 1, 1000 was 59 + 6 = 65 days (6 days difference between the readings of the Julian and the Gregorian calendar, equal dates are considered dates with equal numbers and equal numbers of months from the beginning of the year).
In 1492, by a resolution of the Moscow Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, a calendar was adopted, according to which the new year (New Year) began on September 1 ( September style
), the difference with the modern calendar was 9-122=-113 days.
Two centuries later, on the eve of the round calendar date, Peter the Great introduces a calendar leading the reckoning from the Nativity of Christ. The New Year in Russia is celebrated on January 1 from the beginning of 1700 (although, in fact, according to the modern calendar, this new year came on January 11, 1700). The country moved from 7208 to 1700! So, in the then new 18th century, which came in 1701, Russia entered almost in step with Europe. Almost in step, because the chronology, as before, was conducted according to the Julian calendar (only the date has changed, now it is called old style)
, while Europe has already partially switched to the Gregorian calendar.
The modern Gregorian calendar in Russia was adopted only in the 21st century. January 26, 1918: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin signed a decree of the Council of People's Commissars on the transition to a new time calculation, while the dating shifted by 13 days. The last state document dated according to the old style was issued on January 31, 1918 - the next day was February 14!
So the question is, "How many days are there between two dates?" in a historical sense, always requires clarification ...
The free online calculator Kontur.Accounting will help you and tell you how many days have passed between two given dates. In addition, if you have a need, you can calculate how many calendar, weekends or working days (hours) the specified period of a year or several years contains.
How many days between dates? Instruction
You simply set a specific start and end day and get a calculation in a fraction of a second. The online calculator calculates all data independently. If you change the original days of the week, the result is automatically recalculated to take into account the leap year.
Important: you cannot take monthly working days/hours from calculations for previous years and provide them as calculations - the data will vary. Therefore, it is better to use a calculator.
So, the procedure is:
- In the fields “Start date” and “End date”, select the start and end days of the countdown, respectively, starting from 2013 and ending in the future 2018.
- Set the number of working hours per day in the next field. By default, this field is already set to 8 hours (40-hour work week), but you can change this figure.
- On the right side of the screen on the banner you will see the result: working days, calendar days and working hours between the given dates. The results must be copied and saved in your document.
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- How much time is left until the deadline
Example:
You are an accountant. The manager asked you to provide data on the number of working hours that all employees of the company should work in February in the next couple of minutes. You can easily determine the number of employees - you have numbers in front of your eyes. But the number of hours must be counted .... And how many days are there in February? What about a leap year? What days were the days off? And how to determine the number of days of holidays?
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