Imagine a situation in which you need to create a date-wise table. For example, you are creating a schedule where you must mention a date-wise list of activities. In such a case, you would need a list ...

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.

Subtraction is the easiest way to count days between two dates in Excel. You can use the arithmetic operator – (minus sign) to subtract one date from another to find the number of days between them.