10 Super-Useful Excel Date Functions at a Glance


Assume A2 is the cell containing the date; A5 through A6 are the cells containing holidays.

  1. Calculate age from birthdate: =DATEDIF(A2,TODAY(),”y”)&”歲”
  2. Determine the weekday for a date: =TEXT(A2,”aaaa”)
  3. Number of days in the month of a given date: =DAY(EOMONTH(A2,0))
  4. Find the next working day: =WORKDAY(A2,1,A5:A6)
  5. Determine whether a date is in the early/mid/late part of the month: =LOOKUP(DAY(A2),{0,11,21},{"Early","Mid","Late"})
  6. Convert a date to “20001006” format: =TEXT(A2,"emmdd")
  7. Determine the quarter for a given date: =LEN(2^MONTH(A2))
  8. Count how many Mondays there were in 2000: =NETWORKDAYS.INTL("2000-1-1","2000-12-31","0111111")
  9. Get the current time (hours and minutes): =NOW()-TODAY()
  10. Determine whether this year is a leap year: =IF(COUNT(-"2-29"),"Yes","No")

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