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Categories: Date/Time

TIMESTAMPDIFF

Return the amount of time between two date or timestamp values

Syntax​

TIMESTAMPDIFF(unit symbol, giventime1 date or timestamp, givenTime2 date or timestamp) → integer​

  • unit: The unit of the interval. Must be one of the following: YEAR, QUARTER, MONTH, WEEK, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND.
  • giventime1: The first DATE or TIMESTAMP (subtrahend).
  • givenTime2: The second DATE or TIMESTAMP (minuend).

Examples

TIMESTAMPDIFF example 
SELECT TIMESTAMPDIFF(MONTH, DATE '2021-02-01', DATE '2021-05-01');
-- 3
TIMESTAMPDIFF example 
SELECT TIMESTAMPDIFF(DAY, TIMESTAMP '2003-02-01 11:43:22', TIMESTAMP '2005-04-09 12:05:55');
-- 798