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Workday User Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
YEARFRAC

YEARFRAC

Description

Returns the number of days between two specified dates, shown as a fraction of the year.

Syntax

YEARFRAC(
start_date
,
end_date
, [
basis
])
  • start_date
    : The start date.
  • end_date
    : The end date.
  • basis
    : The financial day count to use, shown here using x/y where x = days per month and y = days per year. 0 or Empty = US NASD 30/360; 1 = actual/actual; 2 = actual/360; 3 = actual/365; 4 = European 30/360.

Example

Formula
Result
=YEARFRAC("8/14/2016 05:30 PM","12/31/2016")
0.380555556
=YEARFRAC("8/14/2016","12/31/2016",1)
0.379781421