Date question

[Richard Witkopp]

Extract the year and multiply by 12 and add the month.
Subtract one result from the other.

> Hello to all,
> 
> 	I have a question about subtracting dates. For instance 
> I have date
> 20000601 and 19991130. I need to say that the second date is 
> 7 months less
> than the first. I know that I can use the days function but I 
> was wondering
> if there is a more precise way of doing this. Thank you for 
> your help, this
> list has been very useful for me. I am using ver 8.19 on an 
> HP3000 running
> MPE/iX.
> 
> 			            R/S
> 			Anthony Arnone
> 			212.546.1603
> 			Aarnone@grey.com
> 
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