Exact tenure decides gratuity eligibility, long-service awards and what goes on an experience letter. Approximating it in years is how disputes start.
For gratuity eligibility, leave accrual etc.
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Enter date of joining and date of leaving or the current date.
The calculator returns completed years, months and days.
For gratuity, apply the rounding rule — more than six months counts as a full year.
Joining on 15 March 2019 and leaving on 30 September 2026 gives 7 years, 6 months and 15 days — which rounds to 8 years for gratuity.
Notice actually served does. Notice bought out generally does not extend the service date.
More than six months rounds up to a full year; six months or less is ignored.
Garuda HR looks after payroll, attendance, leave and statutory compliance for Indian teams — the same arithmetic, run for you every month, with a full audit trail. We would be glad to show you around.