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Subject: sql date difference gotcha
From: eric bothes <iseriesstuff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:52:36 -0400
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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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