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*days_between Function

Syntax

dim Result as N = *DAYS_BETWEEN(t1 as T, t2 as T)

Arguments

t1Time

A datetime value.

t2Time

A datetime value

Returns

ResultNumeric

Returns the days between the specified datetime values. If t2 is a date later than t1, *DAYS_BETWEEN will return a negative value.

Description

Return difference of days between two dates or times.

Example

dim t1 as T
dim t2 as T
dim t3 as T

t1 = {01/12/2016}
t2 = {01/24/2016}
t3 = {01/08/2016}

? *days_between(t2, t1)
= 12

? *days_between(t3, t1)
= -4

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