# How to get date from the airtable

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-date-from-the-airtable/963157
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner, question, help
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-date-from-the-airtable/963157 "2020-11-09T18:14:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![sgirishdds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sgirishdds](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sgirishdds)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-date-from-the-airtable/963157/1 "2020-11-09T18:14:19Z")

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I need to get the date from airtable and display it. Then need to get the difference between the airtable date and the user entered date.

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### Author: ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-date-from-the-airtable/963157/2 "2020-11-09T20:05:58Z")

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There are some forums posts about comparing dates. If you Google something like _compare dates thunkable_ you should be able to find them.

What have you tried as far as getting the date from Airtable? This documentation explains how to do that: [https://docs.thunkable.com/spreadsheet](https://docs.thunkable.com/spreadsheet).

If you’re having trouble, post a screenshot of your blocks.

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### Author: ![sgirishdds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sgirishdds](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sgirishdds)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-date-from-the-airtable/963157/3 "2020-11-14T13:21:47Z")

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I am asking to get “Date” not “Data”.

I need to get the stored date from airtable, How to do it?

I have another doubt, How to find the difference between two dates?

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### Author: ![drted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/drted/32/92694_2.png) [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-date-from-the-airtable/963157/4 "2020-11-14T15:07:48Z")

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Thunkable does not have a built in way to determine the difference between dates. Major missing feature. The only strategy I have come up with is to convert the dates to Julian number, do the math, then covert back to dates. That is a lot of work , so I’ve just avoided it all together. If you find a better solution, please post it to the group!

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-date-from-the-airtable/963157/5 "2024-11-08T12:21:39Z")

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