Count days before a date - Microsoft Office Excel

Let's say you want to find out how many days there are between two project dates or find out how many shopping days there are before a holiday. To count the days before a date, you can use the TODAY function.

Example

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

How to copy an example

Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
Select the example in the Help topic.
Note Do not select the row or column headers.
Selecting an example from Help
Press CTRL+C.
In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click the Show Formulas button.

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Date
1/1/2008
6/1/2007
Formula	Description (Result)
=A2-TODAY()	Number of days from current date to end of (Varies)
=A2-A3	Number of days from 6/1/2007 until the end of (214)

Notes

In the first formula above, the current date used is taken from the system clock.
You can format a date as a number. Select the cell, and on the Home tab, in the Number group, click the arrow, and then click Number.

Function details

TODAY