Arithmetic operations with dates
In this exercise, you will perform arithmetic operations on dates in two different ways: using the arithmetic operators ("+" and "-") and also using the DATEDIFF()
function. You will use these variables:
DECLARE @date1 datetime = '2018-12-01';
DECLARE @date2 datetime = '2030-03-03';
Create a SELECT
statement, in which to perform the following operations:
- Subtract
@date1
from@date2
. - Add
@date1
to@date2
. - Using
DATEDIFF()
, calculate the difference in years between the results of the subtraction and the addition above.
What is the result returned by the DATEDIFF()
function?
This exercise is part of the course
Functions for Manipulating Data in SQL Server
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