Calculate date difference.

How would I calculate the difference between two dates
and, have the calculated difference show up as a value
beside each date. I'm thinking I would have to add
another column to the table and place a quey for that
column. Or is there a built in function within Access
that allows me to do this.

There is a built in function. You could add a calculated field to a query or
do this in a calculated textbox on a form or report. The functions you want
are DateAdd and DateDiff. DateAdd accepts a single date and interval to
compute a new date. DateDiff accepts two dates to compute the elapsed time
between them. Both have parameters for what the elapsed time should be
(days, weeks, years, etc).

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Wayne Morgan
MS Access MVP


"Charles Harris" wrote in message
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How would I calculate the difference between two dates
and, have the calculated difference show up as a value
beside each date. I'm thinking I would have to add
another column to the table and place a quey for that
column. Or is there a built in function within Access
that allows me to do this.