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Datediff() is one of the functions in expression. This page shows how to use datediff().

Syntax

datediff( datepart , startdate , enddate )

datediff( datepart , startdate , enddate ) calculates the difference between enddate and startdate in the unit of datepart.

Argument

datepart

Is the part of startdate and enddate that specifies the type of boundary crossed. The following table lists all valid datepart arguments. User-defined variable equivalents are not valid.

datepart Abbreviations
year yy, yyyy
quarter qq, q
month mm, m
dayofyear dy, y
day dd, d
week wk, ww
hour hh
minute mi, n
second ss, s
millisecond ms
microsecond mcs
nanosecond ns

startdate

Is an expression that can be resolved to a time, date, smalldatetime, datetime, datetime2, or datetimeoffset value. date can be an expression, column expression, user-defined variable or string literal. startdate is subtracted from enddate. To avoid ambiguity, use four-digit years.

enddate

See startdate.

Example

Expression applied to the third column. The below expression does calculation shippeddate - orderdate in week. (Expression type doesn't necessarily have to be 'string' as below).

1st argument of datediff() has changed to month. Thus the below expression does shippeddate - orderdate in month.