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38 <helpdocument version=
"1.0">
40 <topic id=
"textscalc01func_daysxml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
41 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">DAYS
</title>
42 <filename>/text/scalc/
01/func_days.xhp
</filename>
46 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3151328"><bookmark_value>DAYS function
</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_FUNC_TAGE" id=
"bm_id3148893" localize=
"false"/><paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3151328" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"116"><variable id=
"days"><link href=
"text/scalc/01/func_days.xhp">DAYS
</link>
49 </variable></paragraph>
50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155139" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"117"><ahelp hid=
"HID_FUNC_TAGE">Calculates the difference between two date values.
</ahelp> The result returns the number of days between the two days.
</paragraph>
51 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3155184" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"118">Syntax
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3149578" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"119">DAYS(Date2; Date1)
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3151376" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"120">
54 <emph>Date1
</emph> is the start date,
<emph>Date2
</emph> is the end date. If
<emph>Date2
</emph> is an earlier date than
<emph>Date1
</emph> the result is a negative number.
</paragraph>
55 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3151001" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"121">Examples
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3159101" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"123">=DAYS(
"2010-01-01"; NOW()) returns the number of days from today until January
1,
2010.
</paragraph>
57 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3163720" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"172">=DAYS(
"1990-10-10";
"1980-10-10") returns
3652 days.
</paragraph>