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Re: dates difference

#979
From: Quinn Wildman (CodeGear Develope...
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:05
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working example  :-):

create procedure substractdates (d1 date, d2 date) returns (dif int)
as begin
   dif = d2-d1;
end;

execute procedure substractdates('yesterday', 'tomorrow');

Bill Todd wrote:
> aleplgr wrote:
> 
>> Hi! I'm trying to calculate a dates difference  in a stored procedure
>> in InterBase 7.5:  given two dates in dd/mm/yyyy format I need its
>> difference in days, like this one in SQL 2000:   
>>  set @Days = (SELECT DATEDIFF(DAY,@val1, @val2))
>>
>>  is there a predefined function to do that? couldn't find it in the
>> Language Reference nor Data Reference..
> 
> Just subtract one date from the other to get the difference in days.
> 

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