Calculating past or future dates – HP 17bII+ User Manual

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2. Key in the second date and press

.

3. Press

,

, or

to calculate the number of days

using that calendar.


Example: Calculating the Number of Days between Two Dates. Find
the number of days between April 20, 2003 and August 2, 2040, using
both the actual calendar and the 365-day calendar. Assume the date
format is month/day/year.

Keys: Display:

Description:

Displays CALC menu.

4.202003







Stores Apr. 20, 2003
as first date and
displays its day of the
week.

8.022040



 

Stores Aug. 2, 2040 as
second date.







Calculates actual
number of intervening
days.



 Calculates number of

intervening days by a
365-day calendar.

Calculating Past or Future Dates

To calculate a date a specified number of days from another date:

1. Key in the known date (for today’s date, use

) and press

.

2. Key in the number of days. This number should be negative if the

unknown date precedes the known date. Press

.

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