How can we get difference between two times ?

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:09:18 GMT

Generally you can just subtract a datetime value from another, it just takes some effort to meaningfully unpack the result. Here's my quick attempt at something simple:

a!localVariables(
  
  local!time1: datetime(2023, 02, 05, 09, 04),  
  local!time2: datetime(2023, 02, 05, 20, 02),
  
  local!difference: local!time2 - local!time1,
  
  a!map(
    days: tointeger(local!difference),
    hours: hour(local!difference),
    minutes: minute(local!difference),
  )
)

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

samarm0001 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:25:28 GMT

Thanks Yanal

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

frankt54 — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 01:19:02 GMT

you are welcome

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

nikkheelm4742 — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 10:53:04 GMT

working thank you

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

frankt54 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:58:48 GMT

I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but you can use a!elapseTime and then map the result like the picture below.

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

nikkheelm4742 — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 08:23:54 GMT

Not getting correct answer

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

nikkheelm4742 — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:01:47 GMT

how can we capture only time from the user is there any specific field of we just need to give 2 drop downs for hours and minutes

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

Yanal — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:28:16 GMT

ah, so you don't have the plugin, my bad, here's the equivalent of the above but by using Appian built-in functions:

a!localVariables(
  local!firstDateTime: now(),
  local!secondDateTime: now() - intervalds(28, 15, 0),
  local!differenceTimeValue: timevalue(
    local!firstDateTime - local!secondDateTime
  ),
  a!map(
    mintuesDifference: minute(local!differenceTimeValue),
    hoursDifference: hour(local!differenceTimeValue),
    hoursWithMinutes: local!differenceTimeValue,
    dateDifference: days360(
      local!secondDateTime,
      local!firstDateTime
    )
  )
)

edit: note that if you want to get the total hours or minutes difference, then you should add the hours or minutes with the days difference (* 24) or (* 24 * 60 (incase of the minutes)) .

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

gayathris876948 — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:50:57 GMT

Its a custom function, available under this plugin

community.appian.com/.../date-and-time-utilities

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

Yanal — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:38:30 GMT

elapsedtime()... my locals' names are self-explanatory, its right there mate, I recommend reading the function description to fully understand it.

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

nikkheelm4742 — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:32:24 GMT

Thank you for the answer elapseddays() function is not avaliable

RE: How can we get difference between two times ?

Yanal — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:22:27 GMT

After.. decrypting.. your question, I understood that you want to find the difference in time between 2 date/dateTime values, here you go mate; this should help:

a!localVariables(
  local!firstDateTime: now(),
  local!secondDateTime: subtractminutes(subtracthours(now(), 4), 15),
  local!timeDifference: elapsedtime(
    local!secondDateTime,
    local!firstDateTime
  ),
  a!map(
    mintuesDifference: local!timeDifference[5],
    hoursDifference: local!timeDifference[4],
    dateDifference: elapseddays(
      local!secondDateTime,
      local!firstDateTime
    ),
    hoursWithMinutes: time(
      local!timeDifference[4],
      local!timeDifference[5]
    )
  )
)

also consider checking these sections for later requirements on date manipulations.