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Arvi Laanemets
( My real mail address: arvi.laanemets<at>tarkon.ee )
Hi Arvi,
Sorry, I think my explaination is still not clear.
Cell D is where I want the result to appear.
Appearance, the formula in cell D I insert
(YEAR(B1)-YEAR(C1))*12+MONTH(B1)-MONTH(C1) to calculate the month different.
I do not have any problem if it is positive but I am facing some calculation
problem when it is negative therefore I would liked excel to automatically
change the negative number to zero and recongize it as number zero too.
Base on the example quoted, the result should be -38 but I would liked the
-38 to change to zero in value. Hoewever, excel should also reflect the
actual different in number when the result is not negative
Example
B1 - 01 Mar 2009
C1 - 01 May 2008
D1 - (YEAR(B1)-YEAR(C1))*12+MONTH(B1)-MONTH(C1) = 10
Thank You
> Hi
>
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> > D1 - I had this formula in cell D1:
> > (YEAR(B1)-YEAR(C1))*12+MONTH(B1)-MONTH(C1)
David Biddulph - 05 May 2008 10:27 GMT
You've got an answer in your other thread. Please stick to one thread
instead of splitting the discussion and causing confusion.

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David Biddulph
> Hi Arvi,
>
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>> > D1 - I had this formula in cell D1:
>> > (YEAR(B1)-YEAR(C1))*12+MONTH(B1)-MONTH(C1)
TSK - 05 May 2008 10:40 GMT
Hi David,
Sorry for the confusion cause as this is my time using online help so I am
not so sured how it link to other threads. Noted your advise and sharing.
Thank you
> You've got an answer in your other thread. Please stick to one thread
> instead of splitting the discussion and causing confusion.
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> >> > D1 - I had this formula in cell D1:
> >> > (YEAR(B1)-YEAR(C1))*12+MONTH(B1)-MONTH(C1)
Arvi Laanemets - 05 May 2008 12:56 GMT
Replace the formula in D1 with new one!
Btw, there was a typo in my formula - the right one for D1 is
=IF(C1>B1,0,DATEDIF(B1,C1,"m")
Datedif function with parameter "m" returns the difference between 2 dates
in full months.

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Arvi Laanemets
( My real mail address: arvi.laanemets<at>tarkon.ee )
> Hi Arvi,
>
> Sorry, I think my explaination is still not clear.
>
> Cell D is where I want the result to appear.