Today() minus - "date of something that happened today" is negative

Neil Watson

I am collecting (in a metric sheet) various dates of events that occurred either today or in the past. I am then calculating the duration since the event in days using =Today() - "the date collected".

When the date collected is today, then the result of the above formula is -1.

I assume this is because TODAY() is midnight, while the dates collected are after midnight.

Does anyone have a suggested workaround?

Andrée Starå

Hi @Neil Watson

I hope you're well and safe!

Have you explored using the NETDAYS or a similar function instead?

https://help.smartsheet.com/function/netdays

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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