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Anonymous
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Time differences in seconds

Hi all,

 

I have a table like this: 

X.dX.tY.dY.t
23/11/201723:59:5824/11/201700:00:03

 

Now what i want to know is the difference in seconds between X and Y. The record above will have an expected outcome of "5" I want the outcome to be a number not for example "00:00:05". 

 

Any suggestions would be great,

 

Thanks in advance!

L.Meijdam 

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MarcelBeug
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Out of my head:

 

= Duration.TotalSeconds(([Y.d]&[Y.t])-([X.d]&[X.t]))
Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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Anonymous
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Hi @MarcelBeug

 

Thanks for providing a solution, it worked like expected.

 

In the meantime I also figured on a DAX solution although I had to merge my columns to a Date/Time column. After transforming my columns to 2 date/time columns I used this DAX formula. I'll also leave it behind for other people that might seek for a DAX solution.

 

Column = DATEDIFF(Table1[X.dt];Table1[Y.dt];SECOND)

Thanks for helping!

 

Best Regards,

L.Meijdam

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MarcelBeug
Community Champion
Community Champion

Out of my head:

 

= Duration.TotalSeconds(([Y.d]&[Y.t])-([X.d]&[X.t]))
Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @MarcelBeug

 

Thanks for providing a solution, it worked like expected.

 

In the meantime I also figured on a DAX solution although I had to merge my columns to a Date/Time column. After transforming my columns to 2 date/time columns I used this DAX formula. I'll also leave it behind for other people that might seek for a DAX solution.

 

Column = DATEDIFF(Table1[X.dt];Table1[Y.dt];SECOND)

Thanks for helping!

 

Best Regards,

L.Meijdam

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