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Convert milliseconds into a date and store as a date variable

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I have a Date Time variable in a SP List called 'Occ Out Date' and I'm creating the variable MaxDate as the Max value. All OK. 
This by default creates a number which I assume is milliseconds.

 

UpdateContext(
 {
 MaxDate: Max(
 ThisAttendeeHotels,
 'Occ Out Date'
 )
 }
);

 
I can render this on a page in a label by doing...

" Max Check Out=" & Text(MaxDate,"[$-en-US]mm/dd/yyyy")

When I view the variable I see "it's a number" variable and the value is 16020273600000 which when converted in the label displays what I'd expect. 
All good so far...

But now I want to see the date difference between the MaxDate variable and a true date/time variable.
I'm not comparing the time only the date.
In my global variables I have a DateTime variable called DepartDate that reads 5/6/2021 5:21 PM.

There are 2 questions...
1) How do I compare the date value of the MaxDate and the DepartDate's?
2) Wouldn't it make more sense to create the MaxDate as a DateTime variable in the very beginning - if so, what would I do to create that as such in the very beginning?





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    Pstork1 Profile Picture
    69,665 Most Valuable Professional on at

    To convert MaxDate into a DateTime value use the DateTimeValue() function.  Then you can get the difference in days using the following.

    DateDiff(DepartDate,DateTimeValue(Text(MaxDate,"[$-en-US]mm/dd/yyyy") ),Days)

    Its an easy enough conversion and I don't see a reason to change what you are doing if the values display correctly in the label.

     

  • sasrsc Profile Picture
    678 on at

    Thanks PStork...

    In the end I took your advice and kept the variable as a number...
    I'm actually displaying an icon as a warning when they don't match...with the visible property reflecting...(in case this helps others)
    DepartDate is a date/time variable
    MaxDate is a number (reflected in milliseconds)



    If(DateDiff(DepartDate,DateTimeValue(Text(MaxDate,"[$-en-US]mm/dd/yyyy") ),Days) <> 0, true,false)




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