days calculations

[Kimti]

I have sheet with some dates as follows:

a b c
1 01-jan-00 09- feb-09
2 23-feb-09 08-mar-09

I want to calculate working days in column c between two dates in a an b
columns. I was using following formula and getting, "#NAME?"
=NETWORKDAYS(A1,B1)
Plaese help to reactify this error.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Kimti

 

[Jacob Skaria]

--First of all check whether the dates are in excel/date format. To enter a
date you can try Ctrl+ ; (semicolon) and then edit the date to suit

--NETWORKDAYS() is a function availble in Analysis ToolPak. Check whether
you have installed ATP . To install; from menu Tools>AddIns> check 'Analysis
ToolPak' and hit OK.

--Alternate solution
=SUM(INT((WEEKDAY(A1-{1,2,3,4,5},2)+B1-A1)/7))

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[David Biddulph]

What did it tell you when you typed the function name NETWORKDAYS into Excel
help?

 

[Kimti]

Thank you for your help. It worked good with installing analysis toolpak. One
more question: if my column b is empty is it possible to consider current
date in the column and keep increasing number in column c until I place the
date in column b.

 

[Jacob Skaria]

Sure; you can try the below

=NETWORKDAYS(A1,IF(B1="",TODAY(),B1))

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[Kimti]

It worked the way I wanted. Another thing, I copied the formula in column c
all the way to row 200. But I don't have the data in all the rows. If a and b
column is blank, column c still gave me some numbers whereas I wanted to see
column c blank as well.

 

[Jacob Skaria]

Try

=IF(A1="","",NETWORKDAYS(A1,IF(B1="",TODAY(),B1)))


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[Kimti]

Thanks for your help, it is perfect.

Try

=IF(A1="","",NETWORKDAYS(A1,IF(B1="",TODAY(),B1)))


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