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datedifference

The datedifference analytic returns the difference between two dates in terms of years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds.

Syntax Option 1

datedifference(startdate,enddate,dateformat,units)

The following table describes the required and optional arguments:

Argument	Required Optional	Description
startdate	Required	The start date.
enddate	Required	The end date. The format of the start and end date must be same.
dateformat	Required	The date format followed for the start and end date.
units	Required	The difference unit. This can be years, months, days, hours, minutes, or seconds.

Example

when 1 yearsDiff  df with datedifference(df.startdate,df.enddate, df.dateformat,df.unit) as result = 1 then  response with body= “${result}”

The following table describes the result for the event property value that you pass:

Event Property Value	Description	Result
df.startdate= 2011/02/12 df.enddate= 2013/01/01 df.dateformat= yyyy/MM/dd df.unit=years	Returns the difference between two dates in terms of year.	1

Syntax Option 2

datedifference(starttime,endtime,timeformat,units)

The following table describes the required and optional arguments:

Argument	Required Optional	Description
starttime	Required	The start time.
endtime	Required	The end time. The format of the start and end time must be same.
timeformat	Required	The time format followed for the start and end date.
units	Required	The difference unit. This can be hours, minutes, or seconds.

Example

when 1 timeDiff df with datedifference(df.starttime,df.endtime, df.timeformat,df.unit) as result = 841 then  response with body= “${result}”

The following table describes the result for the event property value that you pass:

Event Property Value	Description	Result
df.starttime= 09:14:11 df.endtime= 23:15:35 df.dateformat= HH:mm:ss df.unit=minutes	Returns the difference between two times in terms of minutes.	841

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