Re: time elapsed

In article <cvmdnV_Epqta7v7VnZ2dnUVZ_v7inZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Stephen Larivee" <lariveesl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I have a date field called DATEOFHIRE.  I would like to create a
calculated 
> field that would show the time elapsed since that date.  The number
could be 
> a decimal and would be auto calculated by taking the date of hire and 
> subtracting it from the current date and would auto update as each day
goes 
> by.
> 
> I am using FMP 8.5 and Windows XP.
> 
> Thanks. 

Calc field, call it DaysEmployed = Get(CurrentDate) - DateOfHire

This will return the number of days.

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