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SP1
Aug 06, 2022Copper Contributor
Wrong Date Calculation - SharePoint
My Past - works fine My Today shows = Yesterday My Tomorrow show = Today My 2+ Days.... shows = One day ahead! Please see the screenshot: Code - "txtContent": ...
- Aug 08, 2022
May be because of time zone issue.
You can also try to create Calculated column instead of SharePoint JSON column formatting.You can use below formula for SharePoint Calculated column, in my case it gives correct result now.
=CONCATENATE("(",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")=0,"Today",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")=-1,"Yesterday",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")=1,"Tomorrow",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")>1,CONCATENATE(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")," days"),IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")<1,CONCATENATE(TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")," days ago"),""))))),")")
Below is the output which I am getting now.
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kalpeshvaghela
Aug 08, 2022Steel Contributor
You can try below formula,
{
"$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
"elmType": "div",
"txtContent": "='(' + if(floor((Number([$DueDate])-Number(@now))/(1000*60*60*24)) == 0,'Today',if(floor((Number([$DueDate])-Number(@now))/(1000*60*60*24)) == -1,'Yesterday',if(floor((Number([$DueDate])-Number(@now))/(1000*60*60*24)) == 1,'Tomorrow',if(floor((Number([$DueDate])-Number(@now))/(1000*60*60*24)) > 1,floor((Number([$DueDate])-Number(@now))/(1000*60*60*24)) + ' days',if(floor((Number([$DueDate])-Number(@now))/(1000*60*60*24)) < 1,floor((Number(@now)-Number([$DueDate]))/(1000*60*60*24)) + ' days ago',''))))) + ')'"
}
For me it's working fine. See below screen shot (consider 08-Aug-2022 as today's date):
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SP1
Aug 08, 2022Copper Contributor
Dear kalpeshvaghela
Thank you very much indeed for taking out time for me and helping me.
I tried your code - still I get the same problem!
- Today is showing Yesterday
- Tomorrow is showing Today
- 3 Days is showing 1 day less!
Please see the screenshot below -
Does that mean - My SharePoint has issues?
- kalpeshvaghelaAug 08, 2022Steel Contributor
May be because of time zone issue.
You can also try to create Calculated column instead of SharePoint JSON column formatting.You can use below formula for SharePoint Calculated column, in my case it gives correct result now.
=CONCATENATE("(",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")=0,"Today",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")=-1,"Yesterday",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")=1,"Tomorrow",IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")>1,CONCATENATE(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")," days"),IF(TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")<1,CONCATENATE(TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")-TEXT(DueDate,"mm/dd/yyyy")," days ago"),""))))),")")
Below is the output which I am getting now.
Hope it will helpful to you. Please mark and like this answer as best response if it works for you so that it can help to other people.
- SP1Aug 08, 2022Copper Contributor
Once again, Thank You very much indeed for your help and advice. I really appreciate your help.
I tried your Concatenate function - don't know why - but I always get this error.
But I understood your point... if you have some advice on this please share.
Also, I did try on a different organization SharePoint but the same Country - still gave me the same error with your code...
I don't know why but I am in UK time zone and we use DD/MM/YYYY - may be this is creating problem!
- ganeshsanapAug 08, 2022MVP
SP1 You are getting "Sorry, something went wrong" error because you are trying to use another column (DueDate) in "calculated value" of "Task" column. This is not supported in SharePoint.
Instead, you have to create a column with type "Calculated". Follow these steps to create a calculated column:
- Go to your SharePoint list
- Click on Add column & select More...
- It will take you to the classic experience "Create column" page. Here you can selected the Calculated option under "The type of information in this column is".
- Then enter the formula given above in "Formula" textbox under "Additional Column Settings".
- Adjust the formula as per your column names. You need to use the column name in format: [Column Name]
- Click "OK" at the bottom of page to create a new column.
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