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Anonymous
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Datediff if one column has blanks

I would like to calculate years between two date columns, one is "StartDate" and the other "EndDate".

EndDate has blanks and I would like to use a specific date as blank substitute: "2016-12-31"

 

I know it is something like:  IF( ISBLANK(  in combination with DATEDIFF but I can't figure out how to write it.

 

Thank you!

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Greg_Deckler
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@Anonymous Try:

 

Column = IF([EndDate] = BLANK(),DATEDFF([StartDate],DATE(2016,12,31)),DATEDIFF([StartDate],[EndDate]))

 



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Greg_Deckler
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@Anonymous Try:

 

Column = IF([EndDate] = BLANK(),DATEDFF([StartDate],DATE(2016,12,31)),DATEDIFF([StartDate],[EndDate]))

 



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Anonymous
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Thank you very much! It worked perfect with interval argument as YEAR.

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