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DATEDIFF

Subtracts to find the number of days between two dates.

DATEDIFF(date1, date2)

Arguments

  • date1, date2: a valid date, datetime, or parsable date string. Only the date part is used.

Return Type

Integer. If date1 or date2 is not a valid date, returns NULL.

Examples

memsql> select datediff('2016-05-31', now()) as days_til_graduation;
+---------------------+
| days_til_graduation |
+---------------------+
|                 455 |
+---------------------+