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jeffcol777 2/2/2006 9:36 AM PST
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  I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B give
me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B be
12.
 
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Kevin Vaughn 2/2/2006 10:01 AM PST
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  =TODAY()-A1 and then format as general or number.
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"jeffcol777" wrote:

> I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B give
> me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
> 1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B be
> 12.
 
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Paul B 2/2/2006 10:12 AM PST
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  jeffcol777, =TODAY()-A1 format the cell as general
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"jeffcol777" <jeffcol777@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B give
> me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
> 1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B
> be
> 12.


 
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Bob Phillips 2/2/2006 10:17 AM PST
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  =TODAY()-A1

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"jeffcol777" <jeffcol777@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I want to figure out how to enter a date in column A and have column B
give
> me a total number of days to the current date. Example, column A entry
> 1/21/06, with the current date being 2/2/06, have the result of column B
be
> 12.


 
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