Days Since the Last Visit :Calculate Days Since Each Customer's Previous Order Intermediate
Measure the gap between each customer's orders at Xorthax's trading post.
Xorthax wants to understand how much time passes between each customer's visits to his trading post on Zlacksys 19. For each customer order, show the previous order date and calculate the number of days since that customer's last order. Order by customerID and order date.
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This mirrors measuring customer purchase gaps to understand repeat buying behavior and inactivity periods.
You’ll practice comparing each event to the previous event, grouping timelines by customer, and using chronological ordering with date arithmetic to measure time gaps between orders.
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