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Old 07-26-2006
Time difference calculations

Hi All..

Does anyone have a useful function where I can enter two date/timestamps and it calculates the difference in time in hours, minutes and seconds between the 2?

Any feedback much appreciated. Smilie

Kind Regards

Satnam
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Old 07-26-2006
Please search (or even lookin ) the FAQ section. 'Date Arithmetic' is the thread you want, 'datecalc' is the script
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