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DateDiff

Calculates the time difference between two dates.

Category: date

Syntax:

DateDiff("unit", [start], [end])

Returns: IntColumn

Context Filtering: ✓ Yes

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
unit text ✓ Yes The unit to measure the difference.
start column\|datetime ✓ Yes The starting date (use Date() to convert if needed).
end column\|datetime ✓ Yes The ending date (use Date() to convert if needed).

Allowed Values for unit: year, quarter, month, week, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond

Allowed Column Types: DATETIME, DATE

Validation

  • Minimum parameters: 3
  • Maximum parameters: 3

Examples

DateDiff("day", [Invoice Date], Today())

Days between the Invoice Date column and current UTC date.

DateDiff("year", [Invoice Date], Date("2018-01-01"))

Years between Invoice Date and 2018-01-01. Result: 8

DateDiff("hour", [Ticket Date], Now())

Hours between Ticket Date and current UTC time. Result: 103

  • DateAdd - Add or subtract time from a date
  • Today - Get current date
  • Now - Get current date and time