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Hi there

I have a spreadsheet which logs the date a document was submitted to someone in one cell, and the date it was received back from them in another.

I would like to create another cell with a formula that would calculate the number of days between these two dates. Please could you advise me on how to do this?

Thanks

RE: date value

Hi Amy. This is more complicated than you'd think, mainly because of the different number of days in each month. However, here's a link to a good primer in how to achieve this:

http://www.meadinkent.co.uk/xl_birthday.htm

Hope this helps,

Anthony

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