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Number of days between two dates

CannikinCannikin Member Posts: 72
Howdy all. I'd like to display the total number of days between two dates. For example, TODAY - 6/15/04 = 16. I want to display just the 16.

I thought maybe CALCDATE was what I needed, but that just returns another date. Help! :)

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    DenSterDenSter Member Posts: 8,304
    NumberOfDays := DateOne - DateTwo;
    

    where DateOne and DateTwo are Date type variables, and NumberOfDays is a decimal.

    yes it is that easy :)
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    CannikinCannikin Member Posts: 72
    LOL! I'm ashamed. :)

    Thanks very much!!
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    i-m-ki-m-k Member Posts: 1
    Cannikin wrote:
    LOL! I'm ashamed. :)

    Thanks very much!!

    Be noticed that result not decimal or integer. if I remember, Result is DURATION type. Read help about this datatype.
    IMHO just so.
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    SteveOSteveO Member Posts: 164
    DURATION is the return type when 2 DATETIME variables are involved.
    This isn't a signature, I type this at the bottom of every message
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