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**DAYS360**(//startdate//,//enddate//)

| **DAYS360** | Computes the difference in days, between two given dates. |
| //startdate// | A numeric constant or variable containing the beginning date. |
| //enddate// | A numeric constant or variable containing the ending date. |

**DAYS360 **determines the number of days difference between a beginning date (//startdate//) and an ending date (//enddate//), based on a 360-day year (30 day month). Both date parameters MUST contain Clarion standard date values.

**Return Data Type:**     LONG

**Internal Formulas:**

DAYS DIFFERENCE = ending date - beginning date

where:

ending date = 360(year) + 30(month) + z

z = 30 if ending date = 31 and beginning date > 29

z = ending date if ending date <;> 31 and beginning date <; 29

and:

beginning date = 360(year) + 30(month) + z

z = 30 if beginning date = 31

z = beginning date if beginning date <;> 31

**Example:**

**DaysDifference = DAYS360(StartDate,EndDate)**