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