SP for Difference between Dates in Years.Days format

  • Hi,

    I am not an expert in SQL , but i been trying to get the difference of two dates in years.days format like

    1 year 230 days --> 1.230

    1 year 23 days --> 1.023

    1 year 2 days --> 1.002

    Suppose if the Dates are like @startDate = '20090128' and @endDate = '20150217'

    my out put should be like 6.020 ( 6 Years and 20 Days )

    I have tried like anything , but i am not able to get the output

    Please help me out guys !!!!

  • You can start with this calculation:

    DECLARE @D1 DateTime = '20090128',

    @D2 DateTime = '20150217';

    SELECTCAST (

    DATEPART(YEAR, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), 0)) - 1900.0 +-- # years

    DATEPART(dy, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), -1 )) / 1000.0-- Datepart

    as decimal(5,3))

    Louis.

  • Guitar_player (2/16/2015)


    Hi,

    I am not an expert in SQL , but i been trying to get the difference of two dates in years.days format like

    1 year 230 days --> 1.230

    1 year 23 days --> 1.023

    1 year 2 days --> 1.002

    Suppose if the Dates are like @startDate = '20090128' and @endDate = '20150217'

    my out put should be like 6.020 ( 6 Years and 20 Days )

    I have tried like anything , but i am not able to get the output

    Please help me out guys !!!!

    Have a look at this:

    declare @D1 datetime = '20090128'

    ,@D2 datetime = '20150217';

    declare @Yrs int

    ,@dys int;

    set @Yrs = datediff(year, @D1, @D2);

    set @dys = datediff(day, dateadd(year, @Yrs, @D1), @D2)

    select Years = @Yrs

    ,Days = @dys

    ,Fraction = @Yrs + @dys / 1000.0;

    If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.

  • DECLARE @D1 DateTime = '20090128',

    @D2 DateTime = '20150217';

    SELECTCAST (

    DATEPART(YEAR, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), 0)) - 1900.0 +-- # years

    DATEPART(dy, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), -1 )) / 1000.0-- Datepart

    as decimal(5,3))

    Hi Louis ,

    Thanks for the reply but this wont give me perfect output when a leap year comes up ..as pls check this

    DECLARE @D1 DateTime = '20110228',

    @D2 DateTime = '20130228';

    SELECTCAST (

    DATEPART(YEAR, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), 0)) - 1900.0 +-- # years

    DATEPART(dy, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), -1 )) / 1000.0-- Datepart

    as decimal(5,3))

    Output is 2.001 but actually it should be only 2 years so my output should be 2.000

  • Guitar_player (2/17/2015)


    DECLARE @D1 DateTime = '20090128',

    @D2 DateTime = '20150217';

    SELECTCAST (

    DATEPART(YEAR, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), 0)) - 1900.0 +-- # years

    DATEPART(dy, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), -1 )) / 1000.0-- Datepart

    as decimal(5,3))

    But this wont give me perfect output when a leap year comes up ..as pls check this

    DECLARE @D1 DateTime = '20110228',

    @D2 DateTime = '20130228';

    SELECTCAST (

    DATEPART(YEAR, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), 0)) - 1900.0 +-- # years

    DATEPART(dy, DATEADD(Day, DATEDIFF(Day, @D1, @D2), -1 )) / 1000.0-- Datepart

    as decimal(5,3))

    Output is 2.001 but actually it should be only 2 years so my output should be 2.000

    Phil's solution looks like it works for this case.


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  • Hi Phil,

    Your query looks good..but can u check with this pls..I am getting the same output for the change in the value of D1

    declare @D1 datetime = '20120229' -- Replace with this value '20120228' and execute and check

    ,@D2 datetime = '20130228';

    declare @Yrs int

    ,@dys int;

    set @Yrs = datediff(year, @D1, @D2);

    set @dys = datediff(day, dateadd(year, @Yrs, @D1), @D2)

    select Years = @Yrs

    ,Days = @dys

    ,Fraction = @Yrs + @dys / 1000.0;

    I have googled and got one query which i think is good even at leap year times too , could you experts check this please

    DECLARE @date datetime, @tmpdate datetime, @years int, @months int, @days int, @enddate datetime

    SET @date = '20120229' -- Replace with this value '20120228' and execute and check

    SET @enddate = '20130228'

    SELECT @tmpdate = @date

    SELECT @years = DATEDIFF(yy, @tmpdate, @enddate) - CASE WHEN (MONTH(@date) > MONTH(@enddate)) OR (MONTH(@date) = MONTH(@enddate) AND DAY(@date) > DAY(@enddate)) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END

    SELECT @tmpdate = DATEADD(yy, @years, @tmpdate)

    --SELECT @months = DATEDIFF(m, @tmpdate, '20110525') - CASE WHEN DAY(@date) > DAY('20110525') THEN 1 ELSE 0 END

    --SELECT @tmpdate = DATEADD(m, @months, @tmpdate)

    SELECT @days = DATEDIFF(d, @tmpdate, @enddate)

    SELECT Cast(@years as varchar(3))+'.'+Right('00'+Cast(@days as Varchar(3)),3)

  • Guitar_player (2/17/2015)


    Hi Phil,

    Your query looks good..but can u check with this pls..I am getting the same output for the change in the value of D1

    declare @D1 datetime = '20120229' -- Replace with this value '20120228' and execute and check

    ,@D2 datetime = '20130228';

    declare @Yrs int

    ,@dys int;

    set @Yrs = datediff(year, @D1, @D2);

    set @dys = datediff(day, dateadd(year, @Yrs, @D1), @D2)

    select Years = @Yrs

    ,Days = @dys

    ,Fraction = @Yrs + @dys / 1000.0;

    It can be argued that this is the correct answer ... The period from 1 March 2012 to 28 Feb 2013 is exactly one year.

    If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.

  • Didn't think about leap years in the calculation,

    This one might be better,

    DECLARE @D1 DateTime = '20110228',

    @D2 DateTime = '20130227';

    DECLARE @Years int = datediff(year, @D1, @D2);

    DECLARE @Days int = datediff(day, dateadd(year, @Years, @D1), @D2)

    IF @Days < 0

    BEGIN;

    SET @Years = @Years - 1;

    SET@Days = datediff(day, dateadd(year, @Years, @D1), @D2)

    END

    SELECT @Years, @Days, @Years + @Days / 1000.0

  • Maybe what you need to try is an age calculation to get the years and then a second calculation to get the days.

    I used to refer people to a post by Adam Machanic on SolidQ but that seems to have disappeared.

    I'm not a big fan of StackOverflow, but there is this page and the solution attributable to Ed Harper look close to what I recall Adam Machanic doing.

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1572110/how-to-calculate-age-in-years-based-on-date-of-birth-and-getdate


    My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]

    My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?

    My advice:
    INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
    The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.

    Need to UNPIVOT? Why not CROSS APPLY VALUES instead?[/url]
    Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
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  • I am Sorry Phil, if at all i hurt you !!!!

    but my check is that if we are really looking for the difference then this should be the output i believe

    @Startdate || @EndDate || Output

    20120228 || 20130228 || 1.000

    20120229 || 20130228 || 0.365

    20120228 || 20130228 || 1.000 -- On using your query Phil

    20120229 || 20130228 || 1.000

    So i am asking you dont mind plss..

    @louis -- I will check and surely let you know

    @dwain -- I will check the link you have shared and will let you know if that was helpful

  • SELECT CAST(

    CASE SIGN(DATEPART(dy,@Enddate)-DATEPART(dy,@Startdate))

    WHEN 0 THEN DATEDIFF(year,@Startdate,@Enddate)

    WHEN 1 THEN DATEDIFF(year,@Startdate,@Enddate)+(DATEPART(dy,@Enddate)-DATEPART(dy,@Startdate))/1000.0

    ELSE (DATEDIFF(year,@Startdate,@Enddate)-1)+(DATEDIFF(day,DATEADD(year,DATEDIFF(year,@Startdate,@Enddate)-1,@Startdate),@Enddate))/1000.0

    END as decimal(9,3))

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    Anon.

  • Guitar_player (2/17/2015)


    I am Sorry Phil, if at all i hurt you !!!!

    but my check is that if we are really looking for the difference then this should be the output i believe

    @Startdate || @EndDate || Output

    20120228 || 20130228 || 1.000

    20120229 || 20130228 || 0.365

    20120228 || 20130228 || 1.000 -- On using your query Phil

    20120229 || 20130228 || 1.000

    So i am asking you dont mind plss..

    @louis -- I will check and surely let you know

    @dwain -- I will check the link you have shared and will let you know if that was helpful

    Hehe, a bit of dodgy SQL is not going to hurt me:-) Now I see your point. A tricky one to handle.

    If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.

  • Noticed something when I was doing some testing.

    Adding 1 year to 2012-02-29 returns 2013-02-28

    SELECT dateadd(year, 1, '20120229')

  • Louis Hillebrand (2/17/2015)


    Noticed something when I was doing some testing.

    Adding 1 year to 2012-02-29 returns 2013-02-28

    SELECT dateadd(year, 1, '20120229')

    What would you expect?

    If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.

  • Phil,

    This could be expected, I just wanted to point this out to the OP.

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