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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Convert negative decimal numbers to time (Long Time)

I'm trying to convert negative decimal numbers to a time displayed as hh:nn:ss (Long Time), however, it's giving me an error:

Instead of converting the "Verschil" column, I also tried to calculate the difference between "Aantal Formated" and "Gepland Formated" but couldn't get far.

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  • Dates and Times can only ever be positive. What does your column represent?

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      The "Verschil" column represents the difference in time between "Gepland" and "Aantal"

      • lbendlin's avatar
        lbendlin
        Super User

        Then you need to treat it as a duration data type, not a datetime data type. Not sure if negative durations are supported.

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    Anonymous
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    Hi Anonymous ,

    You can refer the following links to get it:

    Converting Decimal Time to Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds in Power BI

    decimal to duration conversion

    NewColumn = 
    TRUNC(Table4[Zeit2 - Copy]) & "." &  //Days
    FORMAT(TRUNC(Table4[Zeit2 - Copy]*24);"00") & ":" &//Hours  
    FORMAT(TRUNC(Table4[Zeit2 - Copy]*24*60);"00") &  ":" & //Minutes
    FORMAT(Table4[Zeit2 - Copy]*24*60*60;"00.0000000") //Seconds

    Converting “Seconds” to “Duration” in Power BI

     

    If the above one can't help you get the desired result, please provide some sample data of the field "Gepland" and "Aantal" (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples. It is better if you can share a simplified pbix file. You can refer the following link to upload the file to the community. Thank you.

    How to upload PBI in Community

    Best Regards

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    Anonymous
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    Hi  Anonymous ,

    Whether your problem has been resolved? If yes, could you please mark the helpful post as Answered? It will help the others in the community find the solution easily if they face the same problem as yours. Thank you.

    Best Regards