date_second_span

With this function you can get the number of seconds between two dates. The return value is always positive and will be a whole number.

 

Syntax:

date_second_span(date1, date2);

ArgumentTypeDescription
date1DatetimeThe first datetime.
date2DatetimeThe datetime to compare it to.

 

Returns:

Real

 

Example:

diff = date_second_span(date_create_datetime(2011, 9, 15, 11, 4, 0 ), date_current_datetime());

This would set "diff" to the number of seconds between 15th September 2011, 11:04 and the current date and time.