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Add a date from a Year value

Acoury
5 - Atom

Hello, this is a simple exercise in Excel, but I can't get it to work in Alteryx. Here is what I would like to do:

 

1) Take a Model Year field and subtract by 1 (MY= 2016 becomes 2015)

2) Take the MY-1 and set that to the Year and add August 1 as the Month Day (Output is = 8/1/ [MY-1])

3) Subtract a date in another field from the output (8/1/2019- Output(8/1/2015)= 365)/365= 1

 

So the output gives the difference between the values as Age in years to 2 decimal places

 

The equivalent in Excel is like this:

 

=ROUND((Date 1-("8/1/"&Model Year-1))/365,2)

 

Thanks!

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

I think this formula will replicate your excel formula:

Round(DateTimeDiff([Date 1],tostring([Model Year] -1)+"-08-01","days")/365,.01)

 

Acoury
5 - Atom

That seems to have done the trick! 

 

Thanks!

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