Re: sql date difference gotcha

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is that a typo for the last 2 dates?  February instead of March?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 7:52 AM eric bothes <iseriesstuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> just an fyi for anyone using the following logic and thinking it will
> return the number of days difference as i though.
>
> i was expecting the following results
>
> 1, 2, 3, but i was incorrect.
>
> assume current date = 03/25/2024
>
> SELECT
>     current date - '03/24/2024' as days1,
>     current date - '02/23/2024' as days2,
>     current date - '02/22/2024' as days3
> FROM  SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1
>
> the results are
>
> 1,  102,  103, where results returned are yymmdd format.
>
>
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