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QuasemS
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10 years ago
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Calculating day/time difference

I have two columns, both with dates and times in the same format. I want to create a new column to calculate the days/times differences between the two columns. But when I try to change the data type...
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  • Eric_Zhang's avatar
    Eric_Zhang
    10 years ago

    QuasemS

     

    You can also add a custom column in Query Editor.

    =Duration.ToText([AlarmClearedUTC]-[AlarmSentUTC])

     

     

    And then in DAX

    Column = 
IF (
    LEFT ( Table1[Duration], IFERROR ( SEARCH ( ".", Table1[Duration] ), 1 ) - 1 )
        = "",
    0,
    LEFT ( Table1[Duration], IFERROR ( SEARCH ( ".", Table1[Duration] ), 1 ) - 1 )
)
    & " DAY "
    & RIGHT ( Table1[Duration], 8 )

     

    Or Duration.ToRecord and expand?

    Duration.ToRecord([AlarmClearedUTC]-[AlarmSentUTC])

Eric_Zhang's avatar
Eric_Zhang
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

QuasemS

 

You can also add a custom column in Query Editor.

=Duration.ToText([AlarmClearedUTC]-[AlarmSentUTC])

 

 

And then in DAX

Column = 
IF (
    LEFT ( Table1[Duration], IFERROR ( SEARCH ( ".", Table1[Duration] ), 1 ) - 1 )
        = "",
    0,
    LEFT ( Table1[Duration], IFERROR ( SEARCH ( ".", Table1[Duration] ), 1 ) - 1 )
)
    & " DAY "
    & RIGHT ( Table1[Duration], 8 )

 

Or Duration.ToRecord and expand?

Duration.ToRecord([AlarmClearedUTC]-[AlarmSentUTC])

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
8 years ago

This is exactly what I'm looking for, but it doesn't work in Direct Query mode, do you have any alternatives for that?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    8 years ago

    Importing the data?