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Calculate difference in months from seperate month and year field

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Posted on by rsingh62 53
Hi
I want to make a calculative field which capture the difference in months between two dates.
 
I have 4 separate fields namely Exp. Project Start month,  Exp. Project Start Year, Exp. Project End month, Exp. Project End Year.
 
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My requirement is to create a new calculated field which capture difference in months based on above four fields.
For Ex. For above case calculated field should return 14 (For start month we consider 1st date of the month and for end month we consider last date of the month. Hence the result is 14 months).

Please help how to achieve this.  
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    Dengliang Li Microsoft Employee on at
    Calculate difference in months from seperate month and year field
    Hi,
     
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    Dengliang Li Profile Picture
    Dengliang Li Microsoft Employee on at
    Calculate difference in months from seperate month and year field
    Hi,
     
    Unfortunately, this cannot be implemented using the calculated column.
    You can use the Fx formula column to implement this.
    The formulas are as follows.
     
    The formula first determines whether Exp. Project End Year is greater than or equal to Exp. Project Start Year.
    The Switch function converts the two month field values to corresponding numbers.
    Use the Text function to convert the date difference to a number, and then use the Concatenate function to add custom text to the difference.
     
    If('Exp. Project End Year'>='Exp. Project Start Year',Concatenate(Text(('Exp. Project End Year'-'Exp. Project Start Year')*12-Switch('Exp. Project Start month',
        "Jan",1,
        "Feb",2,
        "Mar",3,
        "Apr",4,
        "May",5,
        "Jun",6,
        "Jul",7,
        "Aug",8,
        "Sep",9,
        "Oct",10,
        "Nov",11,
        "Dec",12)+Switch('Exp. Project End month',
        "Jan",1,
        "Feb",2,
        "Mar",3,
        "Apr",4,
        "May",5,
        "Jun",6,
        "Jul",7,
        "Aug",8,
        "Sep",9,
        "Oct",10,
        "Nov",11,
        "Dec",12)+1,"#")," months"))
     
    The final result is shown below.
     
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    If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me .
     
    Best Regards,
    Dengliang Li
     

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