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How to set NVL date field on workflow action formula

edited Jun 2, 2025 2:33PM in Ask A Guru 8 comments

Hi all

I have 3 date fields and want to find the one with the earliest date.

Sometimes some of the fields are empty so I need to use the NVL tag.

When I use the below formula it always returns 01/01/2099 even when the dates are for example 23/11/2022.

Does anyone know why this is?

Code below, thank you.

Least(NVL(to_char({custitem_rlrs},'dd/mm/yyyy'),'01/01/2099'),NVL(to_char({custitem_blrs},'dd/mm/yyyy'),'01/01/2099'),NVL(to_char({custitem_tlrs},'dd/mm/yyyy'),'01/01/2099'))

kind regards

Oliver

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