On 11/12/2013 3:40 PM, John Landmesser wrote:
On 12.11.2013 21:01, waldo kitty wrote:
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Which is correct?
Date1 := 29.2.2000
Date2 := 28.02.2001
Your function:
0 Y, 11 M, 27 D
Rxlib ( Jedi ) DateDiff:
0 Y, 11 M, 28 D
Libre Office Calc:
0 Y, 11 M, 30 D
The table - function of Libre Office Calc is called in german DATUMDIF()
Get a calendar and count??
actually, i have in some cases... let's ask this question and see what your
charts and routines return as the result... assuming your format is DD.MM.YYYY...
Date1 := 01.01.2000
Date2 := 01.01.2000
should be 0 (zero), right?
then
Date1 := 01.01.2000
Date2 := 02.01.2000
should be 1 (one), right?
in this case, what i (and bart, too) wrote, we're not counting the starting day
but we are counting the ending day... this rule stays in effect throughout the
entire process... my head still aches from rummaging about doing this... it was
good exercise and one i remember being given on a test many years back to
determine one's coding level... at that time, the code was being done in dBase
II/III/IV ;)
i will have to dig deeper and see what is crossing things up for count from
29.02.2000 to 28.02.2001... i see bart has posted a fix which i have not yet had
a chance to compare with my code or run thru the tests i included in my posting...
the real question is this:
what do we count? the starting day, the ending day, both days or neither day?
then we have another question:
is dayM in monthY a one month difference to dayM in monthX and
monthZ? monthX, monthY, monthZ are any three consecutive months
in linear order within one year or crossing two years
once the rules are chosen, then we have something to work with...
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