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          Or use the age function



          year(age(now() ,"yourdatefield"))





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          • Sometimes I get comfortable using some function and just forget that there might be another one that saves some time... :P

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          From the field calculator, this expression could do the trick:



          year(now()) - year('the laying date')



          Check if the date format will work, but aside from that, it should be pretty easy. The laying date can be replaced by a field value.






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            From the field calculator, this expression could do the trick:



            year(now()) - year('the laying date')



            Check if the date format will work, but aside from that, it should be pretty easy. The laying date can be replaced by a field value.






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              From the field calculator, this expression could do the trick:



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              Check if the date format will work, but aside from that, it should be pretty easy. The laying date can be replaced by a field value.






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                From the field calculator, this expression could do the trick:



                year(now()) - year('the laying date')



                Check if the date format will work, but aside from that, it should be pretty easy. The laying date can be replaced by a field value.






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                From the field calculator, this expression could do the trick:



                year(now()) - year('the laying date')



                Check if the date format will work, but aside from that, it should be pretty easy. The laying date can be replaced by a field value.







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