# counting days between dates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-days-between-dates/107955>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-days-between-dates/107955 "2002-05-08T20:01:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-days-between-dates/107955/1 "2002-05-08T20:01:38Z")

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Does anyone know any easy way to figure out how many days passed between two dates?

For example, between 7/17/97 and 11/11/99?

ANy web sites provide this service?

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**Author:** ![DonJorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@DonJorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonJorge)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-days-between-dates/107955/2 "2002-05-08T20:05:02Z")

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try here:  
[http://javascript.internet.com/calculators/date-difference.html](http://javascript.internet.com/calculators/date-difference.html)

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-days-between-dates/107955/3 "2002-05-08T20:05:02Z")

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[http://www.acutesoftware.com.au/datecalc.html](http://www.acutesoftware.com.au/datecalc.html)

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-days-between-dates/107955/4 "2002-05-08T20:26:10Z")

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Do you have Excel? If you say, “Yes” then I can tell you a very easy way to do it, otherwise I know some more difficult ways. More info please.

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-days-between-dates/107955/5 "2002-05-08T20:29:26Z")

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The _World Almanac_ has always had a chart titled Days Between Two Dates. Very simple to use. 🙂