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Calculating date/time variables between two dates

I did a search and found some examples but none that are working and none that are giving me what I want. Just a basic DateDiff really isn't working for me either.

I have a StartDate and an EndDate in a query. The hard data from the query could look like this:
StartDate EndDate
11/11/2010 5:00:00 AM 11/12/2010 12:01:05 PM

I need to display the difference between these two fields as:
1 day, 7 hours, 1 minute, and 5 seconds

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jasonduan

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Adapted from http://www.cflib.org/index.cfm?event=page.udfbyid&udfid=377

<!--- Simulate query values --->
<cfset qry.StartDate = createDateTime(2010, 11, 11, 5, 0, 0)>
<cfset qry.EndDate   = createDateTime(2010, 11, 12, 12, 1, 5)>

<cfset duration = fullDuration(qry.startDate, qry.EndDate)>
<cfdump var="#duration#">

<cffunction name="fullDuration" returntype="struct">
	<cfargument name="startDate" type="date">
	<cfargument name="endDate" type="date">
	<cfset var duration = structNew()>
	<cfif dateCompare(arguments.startDate, arguments.endDate) gt 0>
		<cfthrow message="StartDate cannot be greater than EndDate">
	</cfif>
	<cfset duration.years = dateDiff("yyyy", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("yyyy", -duration.years, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.days = dateDiff("d", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.months = dateDiff("m", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("m", -duration.months, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.days = dateDiff("d", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("d", -duration.days, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.hours = dateDiff("h", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("h", -duration.hours, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.minutes = dateDiff("n", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("n", -duration.minutes, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.seconds = dateDiff("s", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfreturn duration >
</cffunction>

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_agx_

jasonduan - I like the MOD (%) approach :)

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@leerljr68

Though both should work, I'd go with jasonduan's approach ;-)

Lee R Liddick Jr

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Wasn't sure where to put jasonduans approach...i was working on your stuff because I understood that a little better. Hahahaha

_agx_

Just put it in your query, substituting the column name for the variables. Personally I'd make it separate columns (ie TotalDays, TotalHours, etc... ) instead of one big string But it's up to you

SELECT StartDateColumn, EndDateColumn,
STR(DATEDIFF(day, StartDateColumn, EndDateColumn)) AS TotalDays ,
STR(DATEDIFF(hour, StartDateColumn, EndDateColumn % 24) + AS TotalHours ,
....
FROM YourTable

You could also put it in a udf. All depends on how you want to slice it.

Lee R Liddick Jr

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This is what I have as my query:

<cfquery dbtype="query" name="getDuration">
SELECT dtEventStart, dtEventEnd,
STR(DATEDIFF(day, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd)) AS TotalDays,
STR(DATEDIFF(hour, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 24)) AS TotalHours,
STR(DATEDIFF(minute, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 60)) AS TotalMinutes,
STR(DATEDIFF(second, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 60)) AS TotalSeconds
FROM qrySelEvent
</cfquery>

But I am getting a CF error:
Query Of Queries syntax error.
Encountered "(. Incorrect Select Statement, Expecting a 'FROM', but encountered '(' instead, A select statement should have a 'FROM' construct.

But I have a FROM statement? I don't get it?

_agx_

You can't do it in a QoQ. Those are sql server only functions. So you either have to do it in your original database query, or not at all.

Lee R Liddick Jr

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Ahhhh, well took it out of the QoQ:
<cfquery datasource="myds" name="getDuration">
SELECT dtEventStart, dtEventEnd,
STR(DATEDIFF('d', dtEventStart, dtEventEnd)) AS TotalDays,
STR(DATEDIFF('h', dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 24)) AS TotalHours,
STR(DATEDIFF('n', dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 60)) AS TotalMinutes,
STR(DATEDIFF('s', dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 60)) AS TotalSeconds
FROM tbl_event
WHERE intEventId = '#qrySelEvent.intEventID#'
</cfquery>

But now I get this CF error:
Error Executing Database Query.
[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Invalid parameter 1 specified for datediff.

Lee R Liddick Jr

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and if I leave it like it was originally shown:
STR(DATEDIFF(day, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd)) AS TotalDays,
STR(DATEDIFF(hour, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 24)) AS TotalHours,
STR(DATEDIFF(minute, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 60)) AS TotalMinutes,
STR(DATEDIFF(second, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd % 60)) AS TotalSeconds
I get this:
Error Executing Database Query.
[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals modulo, type equals datetime.

_agx_

>> (DATEDIFF('d', dtEventStart, dtEventEnd)

Sql server doesn't use quotes around the intervals (day, hour, ...). Go back to what you had before

STR(DATEDIFF(day, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd)) AS TotalDays,
....

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Lee R Liddick Jr

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The parenthesis was it...it all works now! Thank you all.

Lee R Liddick Jr

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The accepted solution is not working...we are finding this:

Start = 11/26/2010 10:08:00 AM
End = 11/26/2010 4:00:00 PM
The end result is coming up: 6 hours 52 minutes
The correct result should be 5 hours 52 minutes

Another Example:
Start = 11/23/2010 6:57:00 AM
End = 11/23/2010 7:18:00 PM
The end result is coming up: 1 hour 21minutes
The correct result should be just 21 minutes

<cfquery datasource="mydsn" name="getDuration">
   SELECT   dtEventStart, dtEventEnd,
               DATEDIFF(d, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd) AS TotalDays,
               DATEDIFF(hh, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd) % 24 AS TotalHours,
               DATEDIFF(n, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd) % 60 AS TotalMinutes
   FROM    myTable                    
   WHERE   ID = '#ID#'
</cfquery>
Outage Duration:
<cfoutput query="getDuration">
#TotalDays# day(s), #TotalHours# hour(s), #TotalMinutes# minute(s)
</cfoutput>

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_agx_

At a guess, could it be a DST issue? Let me run a few tests and see what results I get.

Lee R Liddick Jr

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I figured I would play around with your suggestion and I got that to work...

<!--- get query values --->
<cfquery datasource="myDNS" name="getDuration">
        SELECT 		dtEventStart, dtEventEnd             
        FROM        myTable                    
        WHERE     	intID = '#ID#'
</cfquery>

<cfoutput>
<cfset qry.StartDate = #getDuration.dtEventStart#>
<cfset qry.EndDate   = #getDuration.dtEventEnd#>
</cfoutput>
<cfset duration = fullDuration(qry.startDate, qry.EndDate)>

<cffunction name="fullDuration" returntype="struct">
	<cfargument name="startDate" type="date">
	<cfargument name="endDate" type="date">
	<cfset var duration = structNew()>
	<cfif dateCompare(arguments.startDate, arguments.endDate) gt 0>
		<cfthrow message="StartDate cannot be greater than EndDate">
	</cfif>
	<cfset duration.years = dateDiff("yyyy", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("yyyy", -duration.years, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.months = dateDiff("m", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("m", -duration.months, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.days = dateDiff("d", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("d", -duration.days, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.hours = dateDiff("h", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("h", -duration.hours, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.minutes = dateDiff("n", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset arguments.endDate = dateAdd("n", -duration.minutes, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfset duration.seconds = dateDiff("s", arguments.StartDate, arguments.endDate)>
	<cfreturn duration >
</cffunction>
 


Outage Duration:
<cfoutput>
<cfif #duration.days# gt 0>
 	#duration.days# day(s), 
</cfif>
<cfif #duration.hours# gt 0>
 	#duration.hours# hour(s), 
</cfif>
<cfif #duration.minutes# gt 0>
 	#duration.minutes# minute(s) 
</cfif>
</cfoutput>

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_agx_

Nah, that wasn't it. I should have checked the proposed query more closely. Seems MS SQL calculates the date boundaries differently than CF (ie *not* partial units). I think you'll need to use the minutes instead to get partial hours. Either that or use the CF version

Not highly tested yet. But something like this should calculate the right hours:

ie 0 days 5 hours, 51 minutes.

SELECT dtEventStart, dtEventEnd,
DATEDIFF(d, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd) AS TotalDays,
DATEDIFF(n, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd) % (24*60) /60 AS TotalHours,
DATEDIFF(n, dtEventStart, dtEventEnd) % 60 AS TotalMinutes
FROM myTable
WHERE ID = '#ID#'

_agx_

Sorry, I didn't see your comment before posting. My remark "Nah, that wasn't it." was referring to my guess it might be a DST issue. It wasn't ;-)

Lee R Liddick Jr

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Yeah I figured that...no biggie, I got your original cf version to work. Thanks for the quick response, as always, aqx!

_agx_

Anytime!