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26<topic id="textscalc01func_yearfracxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">YEARFRAC</title>
28<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_yearfrac.xhp</filename>
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31<body>
32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148735"><bookmark_value>YEARFRAC function</bookmark_value>
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34<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>
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36<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>
37<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155259" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="198">Syntax</paragraph>
38<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155823" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="199">YEARFRAC(StartDate; EndDate; Basis)</paragraph>
39<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145144" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="200">
40<emph>StartDate</emph> and <emph>EndDate</emph> are two date values.</paragraph>
41<section id="basis">
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="201">
43<emph>Basis</emph> is chosen from a list of options and indicates how the year is to be calculated.</paragraph>
44<table id="tbl_id3145590">
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46<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
47<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146847" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="202">Basis</paragraph>
48</tablecell>
49<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
50<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155956" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="203">Calculation</paragraph>
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53<tablerow>
54<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
55<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154502" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="204">0 or missing</paragraph>
56</tablecell>
57<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
58<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="205">US method (NASD), 12 months of 30 days each</paragraph>
59</tablecell>
60</tablerow>
61<tablerow>
62<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
63<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148766" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="250">1</paragraph>
64</tablecell>
65<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
66<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>
67</tablecell>
68</tablerow>
69<tablerow>
70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
71<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145245" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="251">2</paragraph>
72</tablecell>
73<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
74<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>
75</tablecell>
76</tablerow>
77<tablerow>
78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
79<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145297" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="252">3</paragraph>
80</tablecell>
81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
82<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>
83</tablecell>
84</tablerow>
85<tablerow>
86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
87<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="253">4</paragraph>
88</tablecell>
89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
90<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150931" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="209">European method, 12 months of 30 days each</paragraph>
91</tablecell>
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93</table>
94</section>
95<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145626" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="210">Example</paragraph>
96<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>
97<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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