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years(date1,date2)


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years(date1,date2)

returns the Number of whole years that elapsed between date1 and date2. If date2 is earlier than date1 then the result is negative.

If $DateA is 3 January 2016 and $DateB is 9 January 2018, then:

$MyNumber = years($DateA,$DateB); 

sets $MyNumber to 2.