EntityFunctions.DiffDays Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Objects

Assembly:

System.Data.Entity.dll

Invokes the canonical DiffDays function. For information about the canonical DiffDays function, see Date and Time Canonical Functions.

Overloads

DiffDays(Nullable<DateTime>, Nullable<DateTime>)	Invokes the canonical DiffDays function. For information about the canonical DiffDays function, see Date and Time Canonical Functions.
DiffDays(Nullable<DateTimeOffset>, Nullable<DateTimeOffset>)	Invokes the canonical DiffDays function. For information about the canonical DiffDays function, see Date and Time Canonical Functions.

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database.

DiffDays(Nullable<DateTime>, Nullable<DateTime>)

Invokes the canonical DiffDays function. For information about the canonical DiffDays function, see Date and Time Canonical Functions.

public:
 static Nullable<int> DiffDays(Nullable<DateTime> dateValue1, Nullable<DateTime> dateValue2);

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "DiffDays")]
public static int? DiffDays (DateTime? dateValue1, DateTime? dateValue2);

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "DiffDays")>]
static member DiffDays : Nullable<DateTime> * Nullable<DateTime> -> Nullable<int>

Public Shared Function DiffDays (dateValue1 As Nullable(Of DateTime), dateValue2 As Nullable(Of DateTime)) As Nullable(Of Integer)

Parameters

dateValue1

Nullable<DateTime>

A valid date.

dateValue2

Nullable<DateTime>

A valid date.

Returns

Nullable<Int32>

The number of days between dateValue1 and dateValue2.

Attributes

EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database.

DiffDays(Nullable<DateTimeOffset>, Nullable<DateTimeOffset>)

Invokes the canonical DiffDays function. For information about the canonical DiffDays function, see Date and Time Canonical Functions.

public:
 static Nullable<int> DiffDays(Nullable<DateTimeOffset> dateValue1, Nullable<DateTimeOffset> dateValue2);

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "DiffDays")]
public static int? DiffDays (DateTimeOffset? dateValue1, DateTimeOffset? dateValue2);

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "DiffDays")>]
static member DiffDays : Nullable<DateTimeOffset> * Nullable<DateTimeOffset> -> Nullable<int>

Public Shared Function DiffDays (dateValue1 As Nullable(Of DateTimeOffset), dateValue2 As Nullable(Of DateTimeOffset)) As Nullable(Of Integer)

Parameters

dateValue1

Nullable<DateTimeOffset>

A valid date time offset.

dateValue2

Nullable<DateTimeOffset>

A valid date time offset.

Returns

Nullable<Int32>

The number of days between dateValue1 and dateValue2.

Attributes

EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database.