PRICEDISC Function (LibreOffice Calc)
The PRICEDISC function returns the price per 100 currency units of face value for a discount security. It is essential for valuing Treasury bills, commercial paper, and other zero-coupon discount instruments.
Compatibility
▾| Excel | ✔ |
| Gnumeric | ✔ |
| Google_sheets | ✔ |
| Libreoffice | ✔ |
| Numbers | ✔ |
| Onlyoffice | ✔ |
| Openoffice | ✔ |
| Wps | ✔ |
| Zoho | ✔ |
What the PRICEDISC Function Does â–¾
- Computes the clean price of a discount (zero‑coupon) security
- Uses discount rate, settlement date, and maturity date
- Supports multiple day‑count basis systems
- Works with real dates, serial numbers, and DATEVALUE
- Fully compatible with Excel’s PRICEDISC function
It is designed to be precise, finance‑grade, and ideal for money‑market valuation.
Syntax â–¾
PRICEDISC(settlement; maturity; discount; redemption; [basis])
Arguments
-
settlement:
The date the security is traded to the buyer. -
maturity:
The date the security matures. -
discount:
Annual discount rate (e.g., 0.045 for 4.5%). -
redemption:
Redemption value per 100 face value (usually 100). -
basis (optional):
Day-count convention:
| basis | Day-count convention |
|---|---|
| 0 | US 30/360 |
| 1 | Actual/Actual |
| 2 | Actual/360 |
| 3 | Actual/365 |
| 4 | European 30/360 |
Basic Examples â–¾
Price of a Treasury bill (Actual/360)
=PRICEDISC("2024-03-15"; "2024-09-15"; 0.045; 100; 2)
Using Actual/Actual
=PRICEDISC(A1; A2; 0.04; 100; 1)
Using text dates
=PRICEDISC(DATEVALUE(A1); DATEVALUE(A2); Discount; 100)
Advanced Examples â–¾
Commercial paper pricing
=PRICEDISC("2024-01-10"; "2024-04-10"; 0.052; 100; 2)
From imported CSV timestamps
=PRICEDISC(DATEVALUE(LEFT(A1;10)); DATEVALUE(LEFT(A2;10)); Discount; Redemption)
From Excel serial dates stored as text
=PRICEDISC(DATE(1899;12;30)+VALUE(A1); DATE(1899;12;30)+VALUE(A2); Discount; Redemption)
Compute discount yield from price (inverse)
=DISCOUNT(Settlement; Maturity; Price; Redemption; Basis)
Compute annualized return
=(Redemption - PRICEDISC(A1;A2;Disc;100;Basis)) / PRICEDISC(A1;A2;Disc;100;Basis)
Compute money‑market equivalent yield
=((Redemption / Price) - 1) * (360 / Days)
Edge Cases and Behavior Details â–¾
PRICEDISC returns a numeric value (price per 100 face value)
Accepts:
- Real dates
- Serial numbers
- DATEVALUE outputs
Invalid text → Err:502
Behavior details
- Settlement < Maturity must hold
- Basis must be 0–4
- Discount rate must be ≥ 0
- Time components ignored
- Uses clean price (no accrued interest because no coupons)
PRICEDISC of an error → error propagates
Common Errors and Fixes â–¾
Err:502 — Invalid argument
Cause:
- Dates not recognized
- Basis outside 0–4
- Discount not numeric
Fix:
- Wrap dates with DATEVALUE
- Validate basis
- Ensure discount is numeric
Err:504 — Invalid date sequence
Cause:
- Settlement after maturity
Fix:
- Correct date order
Unexpected price
Cause:
- Wrong basis
- Incorrect discount rate
- Incorrect redemption value
Fix:
- Verify inputs carefully
- Confirm day-count convention
Best Practices â–¾
- Use Actual/360 (basis 2) for money‑market instruments
- Use Actual/365 (basis 3) for UK T‑bills
- Normalize text dates with DATEVALUE
- Validate discount rate carefully
- Use PRICEDISC with DISC and YIELDDISC for full discount‑security modeling
PRICEDISC is your discount‑security pricing engine — essential for T‑bills, commercial paper, and any professional money‑market model.
Related Patterns and Alternatives â–¾
- Use DISC to compute discount rate from price
- Use YIELDDISC to compute yield from price
- Use PRICEMAT for interest‑at‑maturity securities
- Use ACCRINTM for zero‑coupon bonds
- Use YEARFRAC for fractional year calculations
By mastering PRICEDISC and its companion functions, you can build powerful, accurate, and fully professional money‑market valuation models in LibreOffice Calc.