When it's time to set a date, you have a wide variety of options in spreadsheet programs such as Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel. There are essentially three types of dates you can set: dynamic, ...

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DATEDIF(), which means Date + Dif, is a compatibility function left over from Lotus 1-2-3 that Microsoft adopted in Excel version 2000, which is the only version that explains how this function works.

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