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| function | ymdhms-day-difference | ||||
| Other Library Functions | 
| Library: Date and Time Include: omdate.xin | Returns: Numeric Returns the number of days difference between two given dates. | 
  define counter function ymdhms-day-difference
                (value stream a, value stream b)
This function 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.
Arguments:
Example:
  process
     local counter elapsed-days
     set elapsed-days to ymdhms-day-difference ("19710401080000+0000", "19980416155545+0500")
     output "%d(elapsed-days) days have elapsed between the specified dates/times.%n"
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