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{ “title”: “YEARS_DIFF”, “language”: “en” }

Description

Calculates the difference in years between two datetime values.

Syntax

YEARS_DIFF(<enddate>, <startdate>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<enddate>	The end date, which can be of type DATETIME or DATE
<startdate>	The start date, which can be of type DATETIME or DATE

Return Value

Returns a value of type INT, representing the number of years between the two dates.

Example

SELECT YEARS_DIFF('2020-12-25', '2019-10-25');

+----------------------------------------------------------+
| years_diff('2020-12-25 00:00:00', '2019-10-25 00:00:00') |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                        1 |
+----------------------------------------------------------+