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Is it possible change the display format between two dates as 2 digit years, months and days

I’m using the DATEIF function to determine difference between to dates: Table 1:Start Date and dates in Table 2.  However, I need the displayed format for years, months and days in 2-digits (03 years, 01 months, 02 days).  Is this possible?  Thank you


MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Mar 20, 2023 7:37 AM

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Posted on Mar 20, 2023 8:48 AM

You can do something like this:



=REPT(0,2−LEN(DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"Y")))&DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"Y")& " years, " & 
REPT(0,2−LEN(DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"YM")))& DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"YM")&" months, " &
REPT(0,2−LEN(DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"MD")))& DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"MD")& " days"


More on REPT here (or at Help > Numbers Help in your menu:


REPT - Apple Support


Use ; instead of , in the formula if your region uses , as the decimal separator.


SG


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Mar 20, 2023 8:48 AM in response to Bear34_1

You can do something like this:



=REPT(0,2−LEN(DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"Y")))&DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"Y")& " years, " & 
REPT(0,2−LEN(DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"YM")))& DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"YM")&" months, " &
REPT(0,2−LEN(DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"MD")))& DATEDIF(Start Date::$A$1,A2,"MD")& " days"


More on REPT here (or at Help > Numbers Help in your menu:


REPT - Apple Support


Use ; instead of , in the formula if your region uses , as the decimal separator.


SG


Is it possible change the display format between two dates as 2 digit years, months and days

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