Re: [Boost-users] date_time: number of days between dates

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-24 20:20:31

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:22:03 -0800 (PST), Lars Schouw wrote
> I found a solution:
>  
> 
> long no_days(boost::gregorian::date d1, boost::gregorian::date d2)
> {
> using namespace boost::gregorian;
> using namespace boost::posix_time;
> 
> date_period dp(d1, d2);
> return dp.length().days();
> }

A little simplier would be:

 date_duration dd = d1 - d2;
 return dd.days();

There is an example of this in libs/date_time/examples/gregorian in case you
haven't found these yet...

Jeff