WD98: Macro to Calculate Number of Months between Two Dates

ID: Q182785

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that calculates the number of months between two dates. This macro is useful for determining the number of months that have passed since a particular starting date.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro calculates the number of months between 1/23/1993 and 11/2/1993:

   Sub Date_MonthsBetweenDates()
      Dim dBeginDate As Date
      Dim dEndDate As Date
      Dim intMonths As Integer
      ' Beginning date.
      dBeginDate = DateValue("1/1/1993")
      ' Ending Date.
      dEndDate = DateValue("2/1/1993")
      ' Calculate number of months between dates.
      intMonths = ((Year(dEndDate) - Year(dBeginDate)) * 12) + _
         Month(dEndDate) - Month(dBeginDate)
      ' Display number of months.
      MsgBox Str$(intMonths) & " month(s)"
   End Sub

NOTE: The number of months returned by this macro is not based on the exact number of days between the two dates. For example, given a start date of 10/31/1993 and an end date of 11/2/1993, the macro returns one month.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

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Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999