Subtracting 2 dates to get days difference

Mark Adamson

• October 08, 2020 14:57

Hello,

I've got 2 dates - UseBy & DepotDate.

By subtracting the 2 dates I have calculated the product shelf life which i need for the label.

I use the vb below and with the dates formatted as dd/mm/yy I get a script error. The only way I can get it to work is if I convert the dates to Julien date. 

However that will trip over when we start 2021 as depot date maybe in 2020 and the use by in 2021

Format.NamedSubStrings("UseBy").Value - Format.NamedSubStrings("DepotDate").Value

How can i get around this?

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  Peter Thane

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • October 09, 2020 14:01

  Hi,

   

  You need to use the DateDiff command as per the image below

  

   

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  Mark Adamson

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • October 12, 2020 07:24

  Thanks Pete,

   

  that's brilliant. Thanks for your help.

   

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