SharePoint online, MS-Flow and calculated date time column #name issue?

Question

I've got a current staff list with a StartDate (datetime) column and two calculated columns: 'DaysWorkedAt', 'YearsWorkedAt'

I have an MS Flow workflow attached to the new employee list on new item created, it adds an entry to this list and performs the appropriate work adversaries calculation for the 2 columns mentioned above.

My formula for the calculated 'DaysAtCompany' is this:

=DATEDIF(StartDate,NOW(),"d")

Problem I have:

Adding a new entry via the interface to the current staff list the calculation works.

Adding it via the new employee list through MS Flow the calculated columns has a value of #Name?

I can't seem to work out what is causing this or how to fix it. I am using the internal names correctly. I can't find any special characters getting inserted.

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Answer 1

I found the root cause. It is because the StartDate is greater than Now().

You can use the following formula instead:

For days:

=TEXT(NOW(),"mm/dd/yyyy")-StartDate

For years:

=TEXT(NOW(),"yyyy")-TEXT(StartDate,"yyyy")