datedif

Difference between two dates in a chosen unit.

Syntax

v = datedif(start_date, end_date, unit)

Description

Returns the elapsed time between start_date and end_date in the requested unit:

• 'Y' — complete years
• 'M' — complete months
• 'D' — days
• 'YM' — months ignoring years
• 'YD' — days ignoring years
• 'MD' — days ignoring years and months

Example

datedif(date(2020,1,1), date(2026,4,28), 'Y')    % 6

See also

• days — Number of days between two dates.
• yearfrac — Fraction of a year between two dates.
• edate — Date offset by a number of months.