Or, you could leave them formatted as dates and use the DATEDIF formula. Assuming A1 contains the date of birth and B1 contains =TODAY(), then input in C1: =DATEDIF(A1,B1,"y") Ray Blake _____________ This email is from Ray Blake, Head of Software Design, GR Business Process Solutions. It is confidential and intended for the addressee only. The contents are private and may be legally privileged. If you receive this email in error we would be grateful if you would advise the sender and delete the email from your system. For more information on the services that we offer please visit us at our website: - www.grbps.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hamlet Torossian Sent: 11 August 2003 21:06 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Excel - determining the number of years between 2 dates Hi Suzanne, the easiest way to do it is formatting both cells with the = date to general instead of date format and in a cell next to them imply the following formula =3D(A2-A1)/365 assuming the cells that you use is A1 & = A2. Cheers and hope this helps! Hamlet Torossian P.O.Box 16053 2085 Strovolos Nicosia Cyprus Tel: +357 99623410 =20 ------------------------ Disclaimer ------------------------ The content of this email (and any attachment) is confidential. It may also be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure.=20 This email should not be used by anyone who is not an original intended recipient, nor may it be copied or disclosed to anyone who is not an original intended recipient. If you have received this email by mistake please notify us by emailing the sender, and then delete the email and any copies from your system. ------------------------------------------------------------- #-----Original Message----- #From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On = Behalf #Of DiMarco, Suzanne #Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 22:40 #To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' #Subject: [mso] Excel - determining the number of years between 2 dates # #Can anyone help me? I'm trying to determine the difference between 2 = dates #to determine who old a person is. The first cell would contain the #person's #birthdate and the second cell would contain today's date. I would #appreciate any help. Thank you. #Suzanne DiMarco #Desktop Solutions #327-7517 # # # #************************************************************* #You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = or #MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # #To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx # #To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to #mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the = quotes) #in the subject line. # #Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will = also #allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no = mail). #//www.freelists.org/webpage/mso # #To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, = send #a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an #invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files = group, #you can go here to upload/download files: # #http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles #************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************