Date value subtraction producing wrong error

Question

I am using the below code to show the date difference in Day:Hour:Minute format.

 Function TimeSpan(dt1, dt2) 

    Dim seconds,minutes,hours,days

    If (isDat         


        

Answer 1

Be aware I'm more used to write VBA, so you might need to tweak here and there.

Alternatively you could just subtract the two dates from eachother as numerical value:

Dim dblDateDiff as Double
dblDateDiff = Abs(dt2 - dt1)

Now the Timespan would be (dont use "d" as that would not include months and years that could have passed):

Timespan = Int(dblDateDiff) & ":" & Hour(dblDateDiff) & ":" & Minute(dblDateDiff)

If the direction (positive or negative) of the Timespan is relevant you could change the last line into:

Timespan = Sgn(dblDateDiff) * Int(dblDateDiff) & ":" & Hour(dblDateDiff) & ":" & Minute(dblDateDiff)

For your time formatting issue either:

1. Set the number format of the output cell to Text, or

2. Add a single quote in front of the rest of the string:

    Timespan = "'" & Sgn(dblDateDiff) * Int(dblDateDiff) & ":" & Hour(dblDateDiff) & ":" & Minute(dblDateDiff)