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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DAYS360</title>
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33<bookmark_value>DAYS360 function</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148555" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U"><variable id="days360"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_days360.xhp">DAYS360</link>
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38<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156032" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_TAGE360">Returns the difference between two dates based on the 360 day year used in interest calculations.</ahelp></paragraph>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155347" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DAYS360("Date1"; "Date2"; Type)</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145263" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If <emph>Date2</emph> is earlier than <emph>Date1</emph>, the function will return a negative number.</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151064" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The optional argument <emph>Type</emph> determines the type of difference calculation. If Type = 0 or if the argument is missing, the US method (NASD, National Association of Securities Dealers) is used. If Type &lt;&gt; 0, the European method is used.</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148641" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Examples</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156348" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">=DAYS360("2000-01-01";NOW()) returns the number of interest days from January 1, 2000 until today.</paragraph>
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