DateDiff
Returns the difference between the 2 specified date-time values expressed by the date-part.
- Returned Output: Numeric
- Library: PQL \ Common \ Date-Time
- Version: 2018.00.000
- Compatibility:
- Can be combined with and other PQL function throughout the application.
- It CANNOT be used with MDX or VBA functions. But it can be used on MDX-based content in other parts of the application.
Syntax
* Click on the function's arguments above for more details on the input values.
Comments
- The 2 date-time input values (representing the "from" and "to" dates) can be any elements that resolve to a date-time values.
- The date-part flag needs to conform to the acceptable types described below.
- The date-part flag must be enclosed in quotation marks " ".
- This function is often used in conjunction with other date-time functions and operations
Date-Part flags
|
Date-part |
Flags |
|---|---|
|
Years |
yyyy,yy,year |
|
Quarters |
qtr,q,quarter |
|
Months |
mm,m, month |
|
Weeks |
wk,ww,w,week |
|
Days |
dy, dayofyear |
|
Hours |
hh, hour |
|
Minutes |
min, mi, minute |
|
Seconds |
ss,s,second |
|
Milliseconds |
ms, millisecond |
Examples
This example returns 2
DateDiff(CreateDate(2019, 4, 13), CreateDate(2017, 4, 13), "yyyy")
This example returns 365
DateDiff(CreateDate(2018, 6, 13), CreateDate(2017, 6, 13), "dy")
This example returns 24
DateDiff(CreateDate(2019, 4, 13), CreateDate(2019, 4, 14), "hh")