WD: How to Calculate Number of Months Between Two Given Dates

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q105538

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SUMMARY

To calculate the number of months between any two dates, you can use one of the following WordBasic macro examples.

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The macro below does not take days into consideration. For example, given a start date of 10/31/93 and an end date of 11/2/93, one month is returned. This function can be useful in determining the number of months that have passed since a particular starting date.

   Sub MAIN
      dtEDate = DateValue("1/23/93")
      dtLDate = DateValue("11/2/93")
      intMonths = (Year(DtLDate) - Year(DtEDate)) * 12 + Month(DtLDate) \
      - Month(DtEDate)
      MsgBox Str$(intMonths) + " months"
   End Sub

For example, the following macro returns the number of months from 11/2/89 to the current date:

   Sub MAIN
      dtEDate = DateValue("11/2/89")
      intMonths = (Year(Today()) - Year(DtEDate)) * 12 + Month(Today()) \
      - Month(DtEDate)
      MsgBox Str$(intMonths) + " months"
   End Sub

For information about how to do this in Word 97, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171097
   TITLE     : WD97: Macro to Calculate Number of Months between Two Dates

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Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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