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Anonymous
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DATEDIFF - Calculating Age in days

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I'm getting this erorr when trying to calculate the days between two dates.

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alanhodgson
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Hey @Anonymous,

 

I have never seen this issue, but I suspect it is because of the Time part of the date. Try changing the Date format from "Date/Time" to just "Date" and try the formula again.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Alan

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alanhodgson
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Hey @Anonymous,

 

I have never seen this issue, but I suspect it is because of the Time part of the date. Try changing the Date format from "Date/Time" to just "Date" and try the formula again.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Alan

Anonymous
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Thank you, that did the trick.

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