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DataVitalizer
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Calculating the difference between two dates in Years, Months, and Days

‎10-31-2018 10:08 AM

Hi Community,

I am working on a report where I have to calculate the difference between two dates (a specific date, and today) then show the resulat in the following format 00years - 00months - 00days

 

Example:

Date1 - Today()

Date2 - 08/19/2020

Result to show => 1 year, 9 months and 19 days

 

Currently I am using the DATEDIF function inside Excel then importing the result in my Power BI report, but everyday I have to open the exel file in order to get the new update then refresh my report in Power BI.

 

Please is there any DAX fomula that can show the date difference in the above format.

 

Thanks.

Best regards. 

 

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PattemManohar
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‎11-13-2018 08:16 AM

@DataVitalizer Oh !! Ok, please try this (Just added two more conditions in the SWITCH statement)

 

Hopefully, this should fix all your test cases 🙂 Fingers Crossed !!

 

Final = 
VAR _Years = FLOOR(YEARFRAC([Date1],[Date2],4),1)
VAR _Months = FLOOR(MOD(YEARFRAC([Date1],[Date2],4),1) * 12.0,1)
VAR _daysinMonth = DAY(EOMONTH([Date1],0))
VAR _days = IF(DAY([Date1])<DAY([Date2]),DAY([Date2])-DAY([Date1]),DAY([Date2])+(_daysinMonth-DAY([Date1])))
VAR _daysFinal =  SWITCH(TRUE(),DAY(EOMONTH([Date1],0)) = _days || DAY(EOMONTH([Date2],0)) = _days,0,_days)

RETURN SWITCH(TRUE(),
             _Years>0 && _Months = 0 && _daysFinal = 0,_Years & " year(s)",
             _Years>0 && _Months>0 && _daysFinal = 0, _Years & " year(s), " & _Months & " month(s) ",
             _Years>0 && _Months >0 && _daysFinal >0, _Years & " year(s), " & _Months & " month(s) " & _daysFinal & " day(s)",
             _Years>0 && _Months = 0 && _daysFinal >0, _Years & " year(s), " & _daysFinal & " day(s)",
             _Months>0 && _daysFinal = 0, _Months & " month(s) ",
             _Months>0 && _daysFinal >0, _Months & " month(s) " & _daysFinal & " day(s)",
             _daysFinal & " day(s)"
             )

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