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# **Years and months of service as text**

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In C2, show the service from A2 to B2 as "6 years, 8 months". Join DATEDIF with "y" for the whole years, the text " years, ", DATEDIF with "ym" for the months left over and " months".

C2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Hired | Date | Service |  |  | |
| 2 | Jun 15, 2018 | Mar 1, 2025 |  |  |  | |
| 3 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 4 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 5 |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 8 |  |  |  |  |  | |

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