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DAYS_BETWEEN

Description

DAYS_BETWEEN computes the difference between two dates in days.

Supported input column types: DATE

Output column type: FLOAT

Syntax

DAYS_BETWEEN ( table.column1, table.column2 )

NULL handling

If any parameter is NULL, the result is NULL as well.

Use Cases

Example

[1]

Simple DAYS_BETWEEN example.

Query

Column1 

DAYS_BETWEEN ( "Table1"."Column1" , "Table1"."Column2" )

Input

Output

Table1

Column1 : date

Column2 : date

Fri Dec 31 1999 23:59:59.000

Fri Dec 31 1999 23:59:59.000

Fri Dec 31 1999 23:59:59.000

Sun Jan 02 2000 00:01:02.000

Sun Jan 02 2000 00:01:02.000

Fri Dec 31 1999 23:59:59.000

Fri Dec 31 1999 23:59:59.000

Sat Jan 01 2000 12:01:00.000

Fri Dec 31 1999 23:59:59.000

Tue Jan 04 2000 00:00:00.000

Sat Jan 01 2000 12:01:00.000

Tue Jan 04 2000 00:00:00.000

Result

Column1 : float

0.0

1.0

-1.0

0.5

3.0

2.5

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