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Re: Anyone have a DAYS_BETWEEN function?

From: Jarek Palka <triss_at_zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 14:10:13 +0100
Message-ID: <7bjcet$q7k@router.kamsoft.com.pl>


>I am looking for a DAYS_BETWEEN function, similar to the MONTHS_BETWEEN
>function provided by Oracle. I would also like to be able to have a more
>general form of the ADD_MONTHS function, something like ADD_TO_DATE(
>date_to_increment, increment ammount, increment_unit).
>

You can simply substract two dates to get DAYS_BETWEEN.

FUNCTION DAYS_BETWEEN (d1 DATE, d2 DATE) RETURN INTEGER IS BEGIN
   RETURN (d2 - d1);
END; Jarek Palka, KAMSOFT
Katowice, POLAND Received on Wed Mar 03 1999 - 07:10:13 CST

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