Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel for the web
  1. Select a cell and enter =DATEDIF(A1,B1,"y") where A1 is the birthdate and B1 is the current date. The last parameter is "d", "m", or "y" to specify a return value in days, months, or years.  

  2. Press Enter.

For more info, see Calculate the difference between two dates.

Tip: Use TODAY() to calculate someone's age today. Example =DATEDIF(A1,TODAY(),"Y"). 

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