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Hi!


I had the following situation when using the following formula to compare dates and determine the current row as the current date.




  • the first part state if the count I less or equal to 1, that’s the current row,




  • then if the count is above 1 and now is greater than the start date and now is previous to next date or next date is empty, that’s the current row




IF({Count}<=1, “current”, IF(AND({Count}>1, Now() > {Start date}, OR(Now() < {Next date}, {Next date}=“”)),“current”))


This would give the correct output.


But when I tried using instead of NOW() > TODAY()


IF({Count}<=1, “current”, IF(AND({Count}>1, {TODAY()} > {Start date}, OR(TODAY() < {Next date}, {Next date}=“”)),“current”))


It would throw a completely different result, completely shift on dates.


WHY?

@Christian_Heins It seems there is a mistake in the second formula:

IF({Count}<=1, “current”, IF(AND({Count}>1, {TODAY()} > {Start date}, OR(TODAY() < {Next date}, {Next date}=“”)),“current”))

Function TODAY() should not be placed in curly braces as they denote the field name.

Sorry the formula I used was without the braces on today:


IF({Count}<=1, “current”, IF(AND({Count}>1, TODAY() > {Start date}, OR(TODAY() < {Next date}, {Next date}=“”)),“current”))

Sorry the formula I used was without the braces on today:


IF({Count}<=1, “current”, IF(AND({Count}>1, TODAY() > {Start date}, OR(TODAY() < {Next date}, {Next date}=“”)),“current”))


The difference is because TODAY() is set at midnight and NOW() shows the current time.



I slightly modified your formula to distinct different CURRENTS.


IF({Count}<=1, 'current', IF(AND({Count} > 1, TODAY() > {Start date}, OR(TODAY() < {Next date}, {Next date} = '')),'current 2','current 3'))```

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