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FORMULA & SQL / DATES

Age or years since a date.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

RowA: RegionB: RepC: AmountD: Order DateE: StatusF: Customer
2NorthAna1,2002026-03-01PaidJo Smith
3SouthBen4502026-03-15OpenRaj Patel
4NorthCy3002026-04-02PaidLee Wong
5EastAna980.502026-04-20PaidMia Ross
6NorthBen752026-05-05OpenJo Smith
7WestDee1,6402026-05-18PaidSam Okoro

The formula

Excel
=DATEDIF(D2,TODAY(),"Y")

The number of whole years from Order Date (D2) to today.

Run on the example rows:

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The SQL

PostgreSQL
SELECT *, DATE_PART('year', AGE(order_date)) AS years
FROM sales
Other databases
MySQL
SELECT *, TIMESTAMPDIFF(YEAR, order_date, CURDATE()) AS years
FROM sales
SQL Server
SELECT *, DATEDIFF(year, order_date, GETDATE()) AS years
FROM sales
SQLite
SELECT *, CAST((julianday('now') - julianday(order_date)) / 365.25 AS INTEGER) AS years
FROM sales
BigQuery
SELECT *, DATE_DIFF(CURRENT_DATE(), order_date, YEAR) AS years
FROM sales
Snowflake
SELECT *, DATEDIFF(year, order_date, CURRENT_DATE) AS years
FROM sales

Your own data

Paste your rows into the free tool and it writes this for your columns, then runs it on your data before you copy it. Open the tool ↗

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