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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 6, 2019)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Do you ever need to figure out how many days are left in the current year? Since Excel stores dates as serial numbers—making them easy to subtract—it is easy to put together a formula that will return the number of days left in the year:
=DATE(YEAR(C12),12,31)-C12
This formula assumes that the date you want to analyze is in cell C12. It uses the DATE function to calculate the serial number for the last day of the year (December 31), and then subtracts the serial number for the actual date. The result is the difference—the number of days—between the two dates.
If you want to find the days left in the year from today, you don't need to put a date into a cell. You could use this formula:
=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),12,31)-TODAY(),0)
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2019-07-10 03:45:39
SteveJez
Jim,
Or a simple formula.
=NETWORKDAYS.INTL(TODAY(),"31-12-"&YEAR(NOW()),1,Hols)
The formula has 4 arguments, 2 of which a optional. 1st is the start date, 2nd is the end date, 3rd is the w/e combination for your work pattern (see Figure 1 below) & 4th is a list of non working days - other than w/e's (national holidays).
You could just as easily refer to cells for, either or both, arguments 1 & 2 and enter dates you are interested in. (see Figure 2 below)
HTH
Figure 1. w/e pattern
Figure 2. Formula
2019-07-09 15:13:44
Harold Druss
Jim
How about a macro?
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Sub BusinessDaysLeftInYear()
Dim iYear As String, iTarget As Date, j As Long
iYear = year(Now)
iTarget = "12/31/" & iYear
For i = 0 To iTarget - Now
Select Case Weekday(Now + i)
Case 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
j = j + 1
End Select
Next
MsgBox "Business Days left in this year: " & j
End Sub
2019-07-09 10:29:00
Greg renigar
This is a good tip. People might be interested in this reconfigured for fiscal year.
2019-07-08 12:04:34
Jim
Is there a formula to find out how many business days are left (Monday through Friday?)
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