Start and End Date Number of Days Calculation

Daniel Hofius

Daniel Hofius ✭✭

10/11/24 edited 10/11/24 in Formulas and Functions

I'm having trouble calculating the number of days between two dates. I'm receiving the message "INVALID DATA TYPE" and using this formula

=NETDAYS([Start Date]@row,[End Date]@row)

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Daniel Hofius ✭✭

10/11/24 Answer ✓

I figured it out. I had to change the format to each column as "dates"

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Daniel Hofius ✭✭

10/11/24 Answer ✓

I figured it out. I had to change the format to each column as "dates"

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