Re: Duration calculation

Hello Trevor,

You have obviously modified the project calendar to allow every day
(Sunday through Saturday) as working time. What hours (8:00 am to 5:00
pm ?) do you have set? If you haven't modified the 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
and haven't modified the definition of the number of hours in a day from
default (8 hours) then from July 21, 2007 8:00 am to August 25, 2007
5:00 pm *is* 35 eight hour time slots, thus 35 "days" not 36.

See FAQ #5 at http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for some additional
information.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project


"trevor" <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E0983075-0299-4A81-BBA8-296889C43208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a schedule that spans from 7/21 to 8/25. Project is telling me
the
duration is 35 days, but when I count the days on the calandar, its 36
days.
I need the proper count to show.Thanks.


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