Apply formulas to columns get wrong result

Richard_309702
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Used apply formulas to columns to update one column "Material Status" within table, with columns['Material Status']=columns[12]-columns[17], but the result shows NaN, shown as below

Need some guidance about this error. Thank you.

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  • Sarah_154708
    Sarah_154708 Posts: 13 admin

    Hi @Richard_309702 ,
    Thanks for reaching out with your question!

    The NaN error your received stands for Not a Number, indicating the subtraction action couldn't be completed.

    In this case you need to use new Date() to covert the dates into Date types and then find the difference.

    Since the difference of two date types is in milliseconds, you will then need to divide by (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24) to get the difference in days. see below:

    result = new Date(columns['Date2']) - new Date(columns['Date1']);

    result = result / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);

    columns['Status']= result

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