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I want to execute a DateDiff function in a collection. The calculation is also successful, but I don't succeed in displaying it correctly in a DataTable or Gallery. Although the correct value (e.g. 5) is displayed in the code, a 0 is displayed in the gallery.

Patch(
 CollectionName;
 Last(CollectionName);
 {
 Hours: DateDiff(
 Last(CollectionName).Start;
 Last(CollectionName).End;
 Hours
 )
 }
)

In the meantime I have tried out some possibilities and even deleted the collection and completely rebuilt it, but I just don't know where the problem is. Maybe someone has an idea and can help me.

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Can you please post some screenshots of the successful outcome (e.g. showing 5) and the unsuccessful outcome (e.g. showing 0)? This will help my understanding of your issue.

It would also be helpful to see your inputs (e.g. last row of collection in the viewer)

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I have set End to be 5 hours in the future (and thus the result of the DateDiff function is 5). In the Gallery the result should be in the column "Stunden", where currently 0 is displayed.

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Very nice screenshot, thank you!

Your goal is to calculate the hours between ArbeitsBeginn and ArbeitsEnde. The problem is you are changing the value of ArbeitsEnde in the same PATCH as when StundenNetto is calculated. ArbietsEnds does not update until the entire PATCH is completed. Because of this StundenNetto will be the result of DateDiff(18.10.2019 13:39,18.10.2019 13:39,Hours)

The solution is to PATCH twice instead: first update ArbeitsEnde and then update StundenNetto

Patch( ArbeitszeitErfassung; Last(ArbeitszeitErfassung); {ArbeitsEnde: DateAdd(Now();5;Hours)} ); Patch( ArbeitszeitErfassung; Last(ArbeitszeitErfassung); { StundenNetto: DateDiff( Last(ArbeitszeitErfassung).ArbeitsBeginn; Last(ArbeitszeitErfassung).ArbeitsEnde; Hours ) } );

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This works perfectly, thank you very much!

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No problem at all. By the way, what language is that collection using? I only speak English so I was not able to understand it fully.

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It's german 🙂

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I was hoping it was German! My ancestry is part German and I think it would be pretty neat to learn the language some day.

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I can fully understand your drive to learn German because of that.
I get to hear more often that the language isn't very easy to learn, but I wish you a lot of fun learning it!

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