MS Access question

do you know how to create calculate filed for how many days past?
Hiroyuki TamuraField EngineerAsked:
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Rey Obrero (Capricorn1)Commented:
to calculate number of days passed between two dates, you can use the dateDiff() function

dateDiff("d", [startDate],[endDate])

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Gustav BrockCIOCommented:
The expression:

    DateAdd("d", -n, Date())

will give you the date of n days in the past.

If you need an interval in a query, you can use:

    Between DateAdd("d", -5, Date()) And Date()

/gustav
Hiroyuki TamuraField EngineerAuthor Commented:
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is this the right way?
Gustav BrockCIOCommented:
No, that doesn't make sense.

You would use the expression in a query, not a table.
The source in the query would be a table with two fields: [Start Date] and [End Date]

/gustav
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