double if condition in MS access query

[dileshw]

hey guys,
I want to do some mathwork in a MS access query. But i tried a couple of syntax to get this to work but i can quite get my condition translated for a MS access querry Can someone tell me how i get get two IF conditions into the query.
My psudo-code is as follows

iF (Priority='AOG')
  if (Service = 'D2D')
	timeA = time2-time1
  else 
	timeA = time3-time1
else
  if (Service = 'D2D')
	timeA = time2-time4
  else 
	timeA = time5-time4

[missinglinq]

I think that first off we need to know what kind of Datatypes are we dealing with here. Are Time1, Time2, TimeA, etc. actual Date/Time fields, as their names imply, or something else, such as Numbers or Text? If Date/Time fields, do they contain Date and Time or just Time?

Or are these Lapsed Times, i.e. hours, minutes, seconds?

All these things make a difference in how you do 'math' with 'times.'

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Linq ;0)>

[NeoPa]

Assuming you have all the fields specified available, then you would need to use the IIf() function. In this case it would have to be stacked :

timeA: IIf([Priority]='AOG',
           IIf([Service]='D2D',[time2]-[time1],[time3]-[time1]),
           IIf([Service]='D2D',[time2]-[time4],[time5]-[time4]))

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PS. Linq brings up an important point about dealing with dates & times. I cannot guarantee your maths will work. I only duplicate what you already had to illustrate the structure of the instruction.

[dileshw]

Thanks guys!!!
It worked...the "times" were formatted as date/time... did some minor *24 etc manipulations to get the result int he desired output... the main problem i had was in the double IF conditions :)
Thanks again!!!