How to use COUPDAYBS Function in Excel

The Excel COUPDAYBS function returns the number of days from the beginning of the coupon period to the settlement date

Syntax:= COUPDAYBS(settlement, maturity, frequency, [basis])

The COUPDAYBS function syntax has the following arguments:

• Settlement    Required. The security’s settlement date. The security settlement date is the date after the issue date when the security is traded to the buyer.
• Maturity    Required. The security’s maturity date. The maturity date is the date when the security expires.
• Frequency    Required. The number of coupon payments per year. For annual payments, frequency = 1; for semiannual, frequency = 2; for quarterly, frequency = 4.
• Basis    Optional. The type of day count basis to use.

Example: Let’s look at some Excel COUPDAYBS function examples and explore how to use the COUPDAYBS function as a worksheet function in Microsoft Excel:

Syntax:  =COUPDAYBS(B1,B2,B3,B4)

Result:

Based on the Excel spreadsheet above, the following COUPDAYBS examples would return:

Note:

• In Excel, dates are serial numbers.
• All arguments are truncated to integers, so for example, time is ignored.
• If settlement or maturity dates are not valid, COUPDAYBS returns #VALUE!
• If basis is out-of-range , COUPDAYBS returns #NUM!
• If maturity date is not later than settlement date, COUPDAYBS returns #NUM!