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ShawnPetrunak
Qrew Trainee
8 years ago

Need Help with Annual Date Formula

I am trying to create a formula that references a date of birth field (Date), and acts as a countdown until that date occurs again next. For instance, if someone has a Date of Birth of 06-09-1983, I want to know how many days until 06-09 occurs again.
  • KenFirch's avatar
    KenFirch
    Qrew Trainee
    8 years ago
    For a formula duration field:

    var date thisyear = Date(Year(Today()),Month([Birth Date]),Day([Birth Date]));
    var date nextyear = Date(Year(Today()) + 1,Month([Birth Date]),Day([Birth Date]));

    If($thisyear >= Today(),
      $thisyear - Today(),
      $nextyear - Today())
    • ShawnPetrunak's avatar
      ShawnPetrunak
      Qrew Trainee
      8 years ago
      Thank you Ken! Is there by chance an addition that I can make to the formula to change the font color to red if the number it generates is less than 90?
    • KenFirch's avatar
      KenFirch
      Qrew Trainee
      8 years ago
      You would have to use a formula text field for that:

      var date thisyear = Date(Year(Today()),Month([Hire Date]),Day([Hire Date]));
      var date nextyear = Date(Year(Today()) + 1,Month([Hire Date]),Day([Hire Date]));
      var number dayscount = If($thisyear >= Today(),
          ToDays($thisyear - Today()),
          ToDays($nextyear - Today()));

      If($dayscount <= 90,
        "<span style=\"color:red;\">" & ToText ($dayscount) & "</span>",
        "<span style=\"color:black;\">" & ToText ($dayscount) & "</span>")

      You lose some filtering by numeric ability using this method, but you could display the "red" records by setting a filter on this field that contains a "red" value.