What is wrong with this to find the difference in years between two dates?
(MONTHS(Today;Purchased))/12
I’ve also tried = MONTHS(Today;Purchased)/12
All I get is = Dec 31, 1969 at 3:59:54 PM
The field for the # of years is decimal style with 2 decimal places.
Hi Glen,
Did you try the YEARS(TODAY(); Purchased) function instead?
That’ll give you the number of years between those two dates.
Also TODAY() is a function, so you need the ().
That wasn’t on the list to select from.
Tried it and get a date as result. = Dec 31, 1969 at 3:59:50 PM
field is calculated
type is Decimal
Is there another setting someplace?
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It was in the list of functions on the right on the Formula Edit screen.
In any case, you have your Result Type set to return a Date value, but the YEARS() function actually returns a Number type.
Thanks. That setting gets me every time.
But, why is the result look at a quick glance, but why are all the values negative? ie: -4.
My numbers for age in months is positive, but these are all negative.
AH, position matters. I got it…
Thanks.
You could also add ABS() around your function to get the absolute value, which will always return a positive number.
ABS(X) returns the absolute value. e.g. ABS(4) = 4 and ABS(-4) = 4.
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