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dballest
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Hi All,

I need to find the difference between 2 datetime fields in hours.

CASE 1:

STARTDATETIME - 12-SEP-2006 05:46:29
ENDDATETIME - 12-SEP-2006 05:58:10
In Oracle, (ENDDATETIME - STARTDATETIME)*24, results in .194722222222222222222222222222222222222
In WF, DATEDIFF/D20.18=HDIFF(ENDDATETIME,STARTDATETIME,'HOUR', 'D20.18');, results in .000000000000000000

CASE 2:

STARTDATETIME - 12-SEP-2006 01:44:15
ENDDATETIME - 12-SEP-2006 06:21:39
In Oracle, (ENDDATETIME - STARTDATETIME)*24, results in 4.62333333333333333333333333333333333333
In WF, DATEDIFF/D20.18=HDIFF(ENDDATETIME,STARTDATETIME,'HOUR', 'D20.18');, results in 5.000000000000000000

Thanks in advance.

Dan


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N.Selph
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Why not get the difference in seconds and convert it to hour fractions?


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dballest
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N.Selph


Thanks N.Selph! That worked!


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