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Version: 2.5

datediff

Description​

Calculates the date from expr1 to expr2 and returns a result in days.

expr1 and expr2 are valid DATE or DATETIME expressions.

Note: Only the date parts of the values are used in the calculation.

Syntax​

INT DATEDIFF(DATETIME expr1,DATETIME expr2)`

Examples​

MySQL > select datediff(CAST('2007-12-31 23:59:59' AS DATETIME), CAST('2007-12-30' AS DATETIME));
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| datediff(CAST('2007-12-31 23:59:59' AS DATETIME), CAST('2007-12-30' AS DATETIME)) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                 1 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

MySQL > select datediff(CAST('2010-11-30 23:59:59' AS DATETIME), CAST('2010-12-31' AS DATETIME));
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| datediff(CAST('2010-11-30 23:59:59' AS DATETIME), CAST('2010-12-31' AS DATETIME)) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                               -31 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+