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25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta>
26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc01func_yearfracxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">YEARFRAC</title>
28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_yearfrac.xhp</filename>
29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic>
30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta>
31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body>
32cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148735"><bookmark_value>YEARFRAC function</bookmark_value>
33cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_AAI_FUNC_YEARFRAC" id="bm_id3149251" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148735" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="196"><variable id="yearfrac"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_yearfrac.xhp">YEARFRAC</link>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150899" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="197"><ahelp hid="HID_AAI_FUNC_YEARFRAC"> The result is a number between 0 and 1, representing the fraction of a year between <emph>StartDate</emph> and <emph>EndDate</emph>.</ahelp></paragraph>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155259" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="198">Syntax</paragraph>
38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155823" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="199">YEARFRAC(StartDate; EndDate; Basis)</paragraph>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145144" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="200">
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>StartDate</emph> and <emph>EndDate</emph> are two date values.</paragraph>
41cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="basis">
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="201">
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Basis</emph> is chosen from a list of options and indicates how the year is to be calculated.</paragraph>
44cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3145590">
45cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
46cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146847" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="202">Basis</paragraph>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
49cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155956" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="203">Calculation</paragraph>
51cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154502" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="204">0 or missing</paragraph>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="205">US method (NASD), 12 months of 30 days each</paragraph>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
60cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
61cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
62cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
63cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148766" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="250">1</paragraph>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
65cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154326" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="206">Exact number of days in months, exact number of days in year</paragraph>
67cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
68cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
69cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
70cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
71cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145245" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="251">2</paragraph>
72cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
73cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
74cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="207">Exact number of days in month, year has 360 days</paragraph>
75cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
76cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
77cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
78cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
79cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145297" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="252">3</paragraph>
80cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
81cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
82cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="208">Exact number of days in month, year has 365 days</paragraph>
83cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
84cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
85cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
86cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
87cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="253">4</paragraph>
88cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
89cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
90cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150931" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="209">European method, 12 months of 30 days each</paragraph>
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94cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
95cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145626" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="210">Example</paragraph>
96cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149007" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="211">What fraction of the year 2008 lies between 2008-01-01 and 2008-07-01?</paragraph>
97cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="212">=YEARFRAC("2008-01-01"; "2008-07-01";0) returns 0.50.</paragraph>
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