dateDiff

dateDiff returns the difference in days between two date fields. If you include a value for the period, dateDiff returns the difference in the period interval, rather than in days.

Syntax

dateDiff(date1, date2,[period])

Arguments

dateDiff takes two dates as arguments. Specifying a period is optional.

date 1

The first date in the comparison. A date field or a call to another function that outputs a date.

date 2

The second date in the comparison. A date field or a call to another function that outputs a date.

period

The period of difference that you want returned, enclosed in quotes. Valid periods are as follows:

• YYYY: This returns the year portion of the date.
• Q: This returns the date of the first day of the quarter that the date belongs to.
• MM: This returns the month portion of the date.
• DD: This returns the day portion of the date.
• WK: This returns the week portion of the date. The week starts on Sunday in Insights.
• HH: This returns the hour portion of the date.
• MI: This returns the minute portion of the date.
• SS: This returns the second portion of the date.
• MS: This returns the millisecond portion of the date.

Return type

Integer

Example

The following example returns the difference between two dates.

dateDiff(orderDate, shipDate, "MM")

dateDiff(orderDate, shipDate, "MM")

The following are the given field values.

orderDate          shipdate
=============================
01/01/18            03/05/18
09/13/17            10/20/17            

For these field values, the following values are returned.

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