Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 7-2
Your boss in the human resources department asks you to write a function that calculates the length of time that employees have been with the firm,using the DATEDIF function.Assume that C2 contains the hire date for a given employee and that cell $AE$2 contains the cut-off date against which to compare the hire date to determine length of service.
-Just on a lark,for a year-end trivia contest,your boss wants you to calculate the length of service in complete days.What is the correct formula?
A) =DATEDIF(C2,$AE$2,"today")
B) =DATEDIF($AE$2,C2,"dy")
C) =DATEDIF($AE$2,C2,"day")
D) =DATEDIF(C2,$AE$2,"d")

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The DATEDIF function calculates the difference between two dates. The "d" parameter specifies that the difference should be calculated in days. The formula =DATEDIF(C2,$AE$2,"d") calculates the difference between the hire date in C2 and the cut-off date in $AE$2 in days.