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between

between(endDateExclusive: Date, startDateInclusive: Date): Period

Returns a Period (P) value consisting of the number of years, months, and days between two Date values.

The start date is included, but the end date is not. The result of this method can be a negative period if the end date (endDateExclusive) is before the start date (startDateInclusive).

Note that the first parameter of the function is the endDateExclusive and the second one is the startDateInclusive.

Introduced in DataWeave version 2.3.0.

Parameters

Name Description

endDateExclusive

The end date, exclusive.

startDateInclusive

The start date, inclusive.

Example

This example shows how between behaves with different inputs.

Source

import * from dw::core::Periods
output application/json
---
{
   a: between(|2010-12-12|,|2010-12-10|),
   b: between(|2011-12-11|,|2010-11-10|),
   c: between(|2020-02-29|,|2020-03-30|)
}

Output

{
   "a": "P2D",
   "b": "P1Y1M1D",
   "c": "P-1M-1D"
 }