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Workday User Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
DAYS_BETWEEN

DAYS_BETWEEN

Description

DAYS_BETWEEN
is a row function that calculates time between 2
DATE
values (
value1
-
value2
) and truncates it to days (accounting for daylight savings).

Syntax

DAYS_BETWEEN
(
date_1
,
date_2
)

Return Value

Returns 1 value per row of type
INTEGER
.

Input Parameters

date_1
Required. A field or expression of type
DATE
.
date_2
Required. A field or expression of type
DATE
.

Examples

Calculate the number of days to ship a product by subtracting the value of the
order_date
field from the
ship_date
field:
DAYS_BETWEEN([ship_date], [order_date])
Calculate the number of days since a release by subtracting the value of the
release_date
field from the current date (the result of the
TODAY
expression):
DAYS_BETWEEN(TODAY(), [release_date])