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Karthikreddy523
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Date Difference in Direct query

How to calculate the date difference between 2 date columns in Direct query? I tried DateDiff function, but this is not supporting in Direct Query mode

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CathyT
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None of the above options work.  I always get the "not supported in directquery mode" message.

Anonymous
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Are there any other ways of addressing this Date Difference issue in Direct Query?

Hey, 

You can try using  ([Date A]-[Date B])*24.

Greg_Deckler
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@Karthikreddy523 Try:

( [Date 1] - [Date 2] ) * 1.


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Anonymous
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I tried it,but the results are not accurate and i need the difference in years.Please find the screenshot here

 

Date Diff.png

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