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nh27
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5 years ago
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DATEDIFF not working as expected

Looking to do a fairly simple formulae where it returns the number of days remaining from column "Last Release" and todays date, but I'm getting the error that the start date cannot be greater than t...
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Greg_Deckler
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5 years ago

nh27 I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that you are having an issue with TI functions. Just subtract them and you will be fine. No need to use DATEDIFF if you are using DAY.  So, just:

([date1] - [date2]) * 1.

 

Word of warning, I don't like TI functions. This is one of the reasons why.

 

You may find this helpful - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/To-bleep-With-Time-Intelligence/ba-p/1260000

 

Also, not shocked...

 

Also, DATEDIFF technically isn't a TI function.