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*minutes_between Function

Syntax

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

Arguments

t1Time

A datetime value.

t2Time

A datetime value

Returns

ResultNumeric

Returns the minutes between two dates or times. If t2 is a date or time later than t1, *MINUTES_BETWEEN will return a negative value.

Description

Return difference of minutes between two dates or times.

Example

dim t1 as t = now()
dim t2 as t = earlier

? t1
= 10/12/2017 11:32:53 53 am

? t2
= 10/12/2017 09:12:44 65 am

? *minutes_between(t2, t1)
= -140.147966666667

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