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Gismo

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Hi,

How do I calculate in a query to subtract 12 days from a date (YYYY/MM/DD) ?
 

arnelgp

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DateAdd("d",-12, Date())

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DateAdd("d",-12, [dateField])
 

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You could use DateSerial. Something like


Code:
=DateSerial(Year([StartDate]),Month([StartDate]),Day([StartDate])-12)
 

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or just

Date()-12

or

[myateField]-12
 

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Hi, sorry, I meant to as for -12 months, not days
 

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Use arnel's code from post 2 but use "m" instead of "d"
 

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or use "yyyy" and -1

@Theseus - don't think your code would work

if startdate was say 3rd of month, Day(Startdate)-12 would give you -9
 

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