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See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 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> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148735"> 33<bookmark_value>YEARFRAC function</bookmark_value> 34</bookmark> 35<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> 36</variable></paragraph> 37<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> 38<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155259" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="198">Syntax</paragraph> 39<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155823" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="199">YEARFRAC(StartDate; EndDate; Basis)</paragraph> 40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145144" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="200"> 41<emph>StartDate</emph> and <emph>EndDate</emph> are two date values.</paragraph> 42<section id="basis"> 43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="201"> 44<emph>Basis</emph> is chosen from a list of options and indicates how the year is to be calculated.</paragraph> 45<table id="tbl_id3145590"> 46<tablerow> 47<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 48<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146847" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="202">Basis</paragraph> 49</tablecell> 50<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 51<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155956" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="203">Calculation</paragraph> 52</tablecell> 53</tablerow> 54<tablerow> 55<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 56<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154502" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="204">0 or missing</paragraph> 57</tablecell> 58<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 59<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="205">US method (NASD), 12 months of 30 days each</paragraph> 60</tablecell> 61</tablerow> 62<tablerow> 63<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 64<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148766" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="250">1</paragraph> 65</tablecell> 66<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67<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> 68</tablecell> 69</tablerow> 70<tablerow> 71<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 72<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145245" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="251">2</paragraph> 73</tablecell> 74<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 75<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> 76</tablecell> 77</tablerow> 78<tablerow> 79<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 80<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145297" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="252">3</paragraph> 81</tablecell> 82<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 83<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> 84</tablecell> 85</tablerow> 86<tablerow> 87<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 88<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="253">4</paragraph> 89</tablecell> 90<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 91<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150931" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="209">European method, 12 months of 30 days each</paragraph> 92</tablecell> 93</tablerow> 94</table> 95</section> 96<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145626" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="210">Example</paragraph> 97<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> 98<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> 99</body> 100</helpdocument> 101