WD2000: Macro to Calculate Number of Months Between Two Dates (212548)

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Sub Date_MonthsBetweenDates()
   Dim dBeginDate As Date
   Dim dEndDate As Date
   Dim intMonths As Integer
   ' Beginning date.
   dBeginDate = DateValue("1/1/2000")
   ' Ending Date.
   dEndDate = DateValue("2/1/2000")
   ' Calculate number of months between dates.
   intMonths = ((Year(dEndDate) - Year(dBeginDate)) * 12) + _
      Month(dEndDate) - Month(dBeginDate)
   ' Display number of months.
   MsgBox Str$(intMonths) & " month(s)"
End Sub
				

NOTE: The number of months returned by this macro is not based on the exact number of days between the two dates. For example, given a start date of 12/31/1999 and an end date of 1/1/2000, the macro returns one month even though the two dates are only a day apart.