function
Library: Date and time functions (OMDATE)
Include: omdate.xin |
Returns: Returns the number of days difference between two given dates. |
define integer function ymdhms-day-difference (value string first-date, value string second-date)
Argument definitions
YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM
formatYYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM
format ymdhms-day-difference
takes two dates and returns a signed value representing the number of days
difference between them. The result is rounded down to the largest number of days less than or equal to the
difference. The date/times can be in different time zones.
This example uses ymdhms-day-difference
to calculate the number days elapsed between two dates.
include "omdate.xin" process local integer elapsed-days set elapsed-days to ymdhms-day-difference ("19980416155545+0500", "19710401080000+0000") output "%d(elapsed-days) days have elapsed between the specified dates/times.%n"The output of this program is
9877 days have elapsed between the specified dates/times.
To use ymdhms-day-difference
, you must include the following code near the top of your program:
include "omdate.xin"