Format
make said:
iam looking for a function in progress, that returns the the difference between two dates in Seconds´, for example:
First date : time:
12.11.2003 08:18:11
Second date: time:
12:11:2003 09:04:18
Is there a function for this problem in Progress ?
Make
Is this in a character format or are you pulling the time as an integer and the dates as date?
If it is in a character format, you will have to strip the hours, minutes, and seconds.
I am going to assume that your dates are in date format since most Progress programmers utilize it, except for one company I worked for in the past who insisted on storing it as a character sometimes.
v-date1 and v-date2 are date fields.
v-time1 and v-time2 as character fields.
v-timediff is defined as an integer.
v-timediff = (v-date2 - v-date1) * 86400 + calcsecs(v-time2) - calcsecs(v-time1).
function calcsecs returns integer (v-time as character) :
define variable hh as integer no-undo.
define variable mm as integer no-undo.
define variable ss as integer no-undo.
assign
hh = integer(substring(v-time,1,2))
mm = integer(substring(v-time,4,2))
ss = integer(substring(v-time,7,2)).
return hh * 3600 + mm * 60 + ss.
end function.
I hope this helps,
Randy
