ymdhms-second-difference

function

Library: Date and time functions (OMDATE)
Include: omdate.xin

Returns: Returns the number of seconds difference between two specified dates.

Declaration

define integer function ymdhms-second-difference
            (value string a, value string b)

Argument definitions

a: the first date/time in a "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format

b: the second date/time, also in a "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format

Purpose

This function takes two date/time strings and returns the number of seconds difference between them. The two dates can be in different time zones.

Example:

  include "omdate.xin"
  process
     local integer elapsed-seconds
     set elapsed-seconds to ymdhms-second-difference("19980416155545+0500", "19710401080000+0000")
     output "%d(elapsed-seconds) seconds have elapsed between the specified dates/times.%n"
  ; Result of this code:
  ; 853383345 seconds have elapsed between the specified dates/times.

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