Calculate Ages in Google Sheets

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to show you how to calculate one's age using Google Sheets.

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   In the first cell, type the month and date of one's birthday

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   Let's use cell "A1" and your birthdate.

   

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   In the second cell, type the current date

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   Let's use cell "B1" and the date format. The keyboard shortcut for typing in today's date is "Command" + ":" on the Mac or "Ctrl +" ":" on the PC.

   

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   Click the third cell

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   Let's use cell "C1" and type the following formula: "=datedif(A1,B1,"y")". In this formula, "A1" is the initial-date cell, "B2" is the end-date cell, and "y" is the year.

   

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   Then, press "Enter"

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   In this video, the third cell will show that the person is 35 years old.

   

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   Click the third cell, "C1", again

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   Change '"y"' to '"d"' in the formula to show the number of days. This person is almost 13,000 days old.

   

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