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

SELECT timestampdiff(month, date '2021-02-01', date '2021-05-01');
-- 3

SELECT timestampdiff(day, timestamp '2003-02-01 11:43:22', timestamp '2005-04-09 12:05:55');
-- 798