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Anonymous
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Difference calculation between two date fields.

 

I am trying to calculate the datediff between Date1 and Date2 fields.  Please note that Date2 column has values that are -1 

If the date2 <0 , substitute the date2 value to today() before calculating "Difference" value. 

Any help is appreciated. 

 

Date 1Date 2Difference
8/1/20191/1/2022 
9/1/20192/1/2022 
10/1/20193/1/2022 
11/1/20194/1/2022 
12/1/20195/1/2022 
1/1/20206/1/2022 
2/1/20207/1/2022 
3/1/20208/1/2022 
4/1/2020-1 
5/1/2020-1 
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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , I Power Query Replace them with Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()))

 

First replace -1 with null

 

then change datatype to date and then create a new column

 

if [Date2] = null then Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())) else [Date2]

 

 

Then you can use datediff in DAX

 

DAX

 

Datediff([Date1], [Date2], day)

 

or

 

 

Datediff([Date2], [Date1], day)

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , I Power Query Replace them with Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()))

 

First replace -1 with null

 

then change datatype to date and then create a new column

 

if [Date2] = null then Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())) else [Date2]

 

 

Then you can use datediff in DAX

 

DAX

 

Datediff([Date1], [Date2], day)

 

or

 

 

Datediff([Date2], [Date1], day)

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Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

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