Microsoft KB Archive/247795

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XL2000: Some Financial Functions May Return Incorrect Results with February 29, 2000

Article ID: 247795

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q247795

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, certain financial functions may return an incorrect value.

CAUSE

Excel may calculate an incorrect value when the following conditions are true:

• You are using one of the following worksheet functions provided by the Analysis ToolPak add-in:
  
  
  • ACCRINT
  • COUPDAYBS
  • COUPDAYS
  • COUPDAYSNC
  • COUPPCD
  • COUPNCD
  • DURATION
  • MDURATION
  • ODDFPRICE
  • ODDFYIELD
  • PRICE
  • YIELD

  
  
  -and-
  
  

• The bond's maturity, settlement, or first interest payment takes place on February 29, 2000.

RESOLUTION

A Microsoft Excel 2000 Analysis ToolPak Update that resolves this issue is available for download from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Atpy2k.aspx

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL2000 atp y2k year2000 year 2000

Keywords: kbdownload kbbug kbofficeupdate kbpending KB247795

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