Calculte 2 dates with Today date in case 2nd date not available

Question

Hello, It sound complicated but I have 2 dates (Starting) and (Closing) I need to calculate the age between this 2 columns but also if not closed it show me the age till today. I used a formula but the return was #VALUE on the items that have no (Closing) date while the one that have (Closing) was successful.

Your support is appreciated

Answer 1

Dear @Wissam ,

Thank you for your reply.

I have I tested the formula you provided after splitting it and found that the problem is in the part of ‘Today’.
When choosing ‘Date and time’ option in calculate column, the time with minutes and seconds of ‘Today’ is not accurate in the SharePoint Online.

This answer mentions the problem of inaccurate output time of ‘Today’ formula, hope it could help you a little.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do feel free to contact me.

Yours sincerely,
Renjie Sun

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Answer 2

I had it working now, by getting the closed and today, but the return time is wired and not accurate and stopes at 12min for all.

=IF(Closing<>"",DATEDIF(open,Closing,"d")&"days "&TEXT(open-Closing,"h")&"hrs "&TEXT(open-Closing,"mm")&"min",DATEDIF(open,TODAY(),"d")&"days "&TEXT(open-TODAY(),"h")&"hrs "&TEXT(open-TODAY(),"mm")&"min")