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Query Editor / M code for subtracting one day

Hi,

 

I have the below code in M that gives the number of days between the start date and end date (it works fine):

[EndDate]-[StartDate]

 

But if I try to subtract "1" then I get an error:

[EndDate]-[StartDate]-1

 

I assume it's because [EndDate] and [StartDate] are stored as dates but "1" is an integar? Please do you know how to fix?

 

Thanks,

 

CM

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MarcelBeug
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Replace 1 by: #duration(1,0,0,0)

 

Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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MarcelBeug
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Replace 1 by: #duration(1,0,0,0)

 

Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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