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    DaySpan

    Calculate the approximate number of days between two TDateTime values.

    Declaration

    Source position: dateutil.inc line 297

    function DaySpan(const ANow: TDateTime; const AThen: TDateTime) : Double;

    Arguments

    Name Description
    ANow First moment in time.
    AThen Second moment in time.

    Function result

    Number (fractions included) of days between ANow and AThen.

    Description

    DaySpan returns the number of Days between ANow and AThen, including any fractional parts of a Day.

    See also

    Name Description
    YearSpan Calculate the approximate number of years between two TDateTime values.
    MonthSpan Calculate the approximate number of months between two TDateTime values.
    WeekSpan Calculate the approximate number of weeks between two TDateTime values.
    HourSpan Calculate the approximate number of hours between two TDateTime values.
    MinuteSpan Calculate the approximate number of minutes between two TDateTime values.
    SecondSpan Calculate the approximate number of seconds between two TDateTime values.
    MilliSecondSpan Calculate the approximate number of milliseconds between two TDateTime values.
    DaysBetween Number of whole days between two TDateTime values.

    Example

    Program Example66;

{ This program demonstrates the DaySpan function }

Uses SysUtils,DateUtils;

Procedure Test(ANow,AThen : TDateTime);

begin
 Write('Number of days between ');
 Write(DateTimeToStr(AThen),' and ',DateTimeToStr(ANow));
 Writeln(' : ',DaySpan(ANow,AThen));
end;

Var
  D1,D2 : TDateTime;

Begin
  D1:=Now;
  D2:=Today-23/24;
  Test(D1,D2);
  D2:=Today-1;
  Test(D1,D2);
  D2:=Today-25/24;
  Test(D1,D2);
  D2:=Today-26/24;
  Test(D1,D2);
  D2:=Today-5.4;
  Test(D1,D2);
  D2:=Today-2.5;
  Test(D1,D2);
End.