August 2001
Intermediate to advanced
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38h 8m
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DateDiff
DateDiff(datepart, date1, date2)Returns the interval in datepart units by
which date2 is greater than
date1. Valid entries for
datepart are: s
(second), n (minute), h (hour),
ww (week), w (weekday),
d (day), y (day of year),
m (month), q (quarter), and
yyyy (year). If date1
is greater than date2, a negative number
is returned. Examples:
<CFSET FirstDate = DateFormat(Now( ),'mm/dd/yyyy')>
<CFSET SecondDate = "01/01/2000">
<CFOUTPUT>
FirstDate: #FirstDate#<BR>
SecondDate: #SecondDate#
<P>
There are #DateDiff("s", FirstDate, SecondDate)# seconds between
#FirstDate# and #SecondDate#.<BR>
There are #DateDiff("n", FirstDate, SecondDate)# minutes between
#FirstDate# and #SecondDate#.<BR>
There are #DateDiff("h", FirstDate, SecondDate)# hours between
#FirstDate# and #SecondDate#.<BR>
There are #DateDiff("d", FirstDate, SecondDate)# days between
#FirstDate# and #SecondDate#.<BR>
There are #DateDiff("ww", FirstDate, SecondDate)# weeks between
#FirstDate# and #SecondDate#.<BR>
There are #DateDiff("m", FirstDate, SecondDate)# months between
#FirstDate# and #SecondDate#.<BR>
There are #DateDiff("yyyy", FirstDate, SecondDate)# years between
#FirstDate# and #SecondDate#.<BR>
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