date_year_span

Returns the number of years between two datetime, with incomplete ones reporting as a fraction.

Syntax:

date_year_span(date1, date2);


Argument Description
date1 The first datetime.
date2 The datetime to compare it to.


Returns: Real


Description

With this function you can get the number of years between two dates. This value is always positive, and incomplete years will be returned as a fraction.


Example:

diff = date_year_span(date_create_datetime(2011, 9, 15, 11, 4, 0), date_current_datetime());

This would set diff to the number of years between 15th September 2011, 11:04.0 and the current date and time.


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