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WithinPastDays

unit
DateUtils
category
date/time routines

declaration
function WithinPastDays(const SomeDate, AnotherDate: TDateTime; const ADays: Integer): boolean;

description
Returns true if two dates are within a specified number of days of each other.

Function counts only whole days - using the DaysBetween function.

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

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

if NOT WithinPastDays(dtNow, dtBirth, 3000) then
  ShowMessage('You are more than 3000 days old!')

in real code

see also
TDateTime, DaysBetween, WithinPastYears


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