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subtracting a date from a date

business model
in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)

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i'm pretty new to filemaker and i have a question i need answered. i've made a datebase of all the possible questions to have for ordering supplies for a cabinet making company. one of my fields is "days since last order". i have a "current date" field and a "day of last order" field and i need a calculation so that it will subtract the "current date" from the "date of last order" and show up in the field "days since last order" as a plain number, such as 5. i've tried various calculations and they don't seem to work. to my knowledge nothing like this has been posted and Filemaker Help isn't doing me much good at this point. thanks in advance. wink.gif

Hey business,

If both "current date" and "day of last order" are datefields and your calculation is

current date - day of last order

with the type set to 'number' the this should work. At least it does on my computer...

Regards,

Ernst.

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in regards to "with the type set to 'number"," what exactly should be a number, and what should be a date.

i almost have it working,

thanks so much.

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nevermind, Ernst. i have it working.

thank you again. grin.gif

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