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Work out years of service and probation dates

Calculate how long someone has worked here and when a probation period ends.

IntermediateHRAbout 6 minutes

Sample data

RowABCDE
1NameDepartmentSalaryStart dateRating
2Amira HassanFinance92002019-03-044
3Ben CarterSales78002021-07-193
4Chen WeiSales81002020-01-135
5Dina AliHR72002022-09-014
6Emil NovakOperations69002018-11-262
7Farah KhanFinance104002016-05-095
8Gabriel SilvaOperations65002023-02-143
Team list (fictional) Row 1 holds the headings. All data is fictional. Dates are year-month-day.

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  1. Whole years of service up to 31 Dec 2025 for Amira.

    Result6

  2. Months left over after the whole years.

    Result9

  3. Probation end: six months after the start date for Gabriel.

    Result14/08/2023

  4. Working days between two dates.

    Result10

  5. Join years and months into one sentence.

    Result6 years, 9 months

What to remember

DATEDIF counts complete years, months or days. Use a fixed report date (not TODAY) when the report must not change.

Formulas used

DATEDIFEDATENETWORKDAYSTEXT

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