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hours(startDate, endDate)


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hours(startDate, endDate)

returns the Number of whole hours that elapsed between startDate and endDate. If endDate is earlier than startDate then the result is negative.

If $DateA has time 12:30 and $DateB has time 15:00, then:

$MyNumber = hours($DateA,$DateB); 

sets $MyNumber to 2.