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DaysBetween

unit
DateUtils
category
date/time routines

declaration
function DaysBetween(const ANow, AThen: TDateTime): Integer;

description
Gives the number of whole days between two specified dates.

Function counts only whole days. What this means is that it will return 0 as the result for difference between 05/01/2003 23:59:59 and 05/01/2003 23:59:58 - where the actual difference is one *whole* day minus 1 second.

example
var dtNow, dtBirth : TDateTime;
    DaysFromBirth : integer;

dtNow := Now;
dtBirth := EncodeDate(1973, 1, 29);
DaysFromBirth := DaysBetween(dtNow, dtBirth);

ShowMessage('Zarko Gajic "exists" ' + 
            IntToStr(DaysFromBirth) + ' whole days!'); 

in real code

see also
EncodeDate, IncMonth, Now, DaySpan, WithinPastDays


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