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Calculating the Duration Between Two DateTimeOffsets

Get Duration between dateTimeOffset and … with maximum unit Years

				
					{"blocks":"<xml xmlns=\"https://developers.google.com/blockly/xml\"><variables><variable>dateTimeOffset</variable></variables><block type=\"DateTime_DateTimeOffset_diff\" disabled=\"true\" x=\"23\" y=\"248\"><field name=\"maxDurationUnit\">DurationUnit.Years</field><value name=\"dateTimeOffset\"><block type=\"variables_get\" disabled=\"true\"><field name=\"VAR\">dateTimeOffset</field></block></value></block></xml>"}
				
			

This block is used to show the difference between two DateTimeOffsets.

Parameters:

      • DateTimeOffset
      • Condition: Years (Default)/Months/Days/Hours/Minutes/Seconds/ Millseconds

Output:          Duration

Sample code:

				
					{"blocks":"<xml xmlns=\"https://developers.google.com/blockly/xml\"><variables><variable>dateTimeOffset</variable><variable>currentTime</variable><variable>duration</variable></variables><block type=\"pxt-on-start\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"><statement name=\"HANDLER\"><block type=\"variables_set\"><field name=\"VAR\">dateTimeOffset</field><value name=\"VALUE\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">0</field></shadow><block type=\"DateTime_createDateTimeOffset\"><mutation xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" _expanded=\"6\" _input_init=\"true\"></mutation><value name=\"year\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">2020</field></shadow></value><value name=\"month\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">3</field></shadow></value><value name=\"day\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">23</field></shadow></value><value name=\"hour\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">5</field></shadow></value><value name=\"minute\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">30</field></shadow></value><value name=\"second\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">25</field></shadow></value><value name=\"offset\"><shadow type=\"text\"><field name=\"TEXT\">+00:00</field></shadow></value></block></value><next><block type=\"variables_set\"><field name=\"VAR\">currentTime</field><value name=\"VALUE\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">0</field></shadow><block type=\"DateTime_now\"/></value><next><block type=\"variables_set\"><field name=\"VAR\">duration</field><value name=\"VALUE\"><shadow type=\"math_number\"><field name=\"NUM\">0</field></shadow><block type=\"DateTime_DateTimeOffset_diff\"><field name=\"maxDurationUnit\">DurationUnit.Minutes</field><value name=\"dateTimeOffset\"><block type=\"variables_get\"><field name=\"VAR\">dateTimeOffset</field></block></value><value name=\"other\"><block type=\"variables_get\"><field name=\"VAR\">currentTime</field></block></value></block></value><next><block type=\"basic_consoleLogText\"><value name=\"text\"><block type=\"DateTime_Duration_toString\"><value name=\"duration\"><block type=\"variables_get\"><field name=\"VAR\">duration</field></block></value></block></value></block></next></block></next></block></next></block></statement></block></xml>"}
				
			

The output:

Get Duration between dateTimeOffset and with maximum unit years - Output