Up to Blueriq 15.12, the YEARS BETWEEN function sometimes incorrectly calculated the number of years between two date values, if a leap day is involved:

We corrected this behavior in Blueriq 15.12.

Date 1Date 2

YEARS BETWEEN

up to 15.11.1

YEARS BETWEEN

from 15.12

2016-02-292020-02-2843
2016-02-292020-02-2944
2020-02-292021-02-2811
2019-02-282020-02-2811
2019-02-282020-02-2911


This change could impact your calculations in certain specific cases. Please review the impact for your project when upgrading to Blueriq 15.12.


If no leap day is involved, the behavior of YEARS BETWEEN will remain the same when upgrading to Blueriq 15.12.