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Quote pfheg67 Replybullet Topic: formula to calculate interval between dates
     Posted: 23 Feb 2009 at 1:59pm
i am trying to write a formula to calculate how long a ticket has been opened.  ex: received date - closed date
 
the problem is the fields are setup as strings so i can't do a simple datediff or a simple formula to subtract both field.
 
do i need to convert them first to a date field?  new user and struggling with getting this to work.
 
any help would be appreciated.
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 23 Feb 2009 at 2:47pm
Yes you should convert them to a date field and also use the date diff at the same time.
Not sure what your date strings look like so I cannot tell you how to convert them but one option would be something like:
datediff("d",cdate({table.receiveddatefield}),cdate({table.closedatefield}))
 
Note that this is checking for the number of days between the 2 dates (the "d" in the datediff). If you need a different interval change it accordingly.


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