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= Receita: DateDiff =

Função pra calcular a diferença entre duas datas....

== Código ==

{{{
#!python

"""Function to calculate the difference between two dates."""
__revision__ = 0.1

def date_diff(start_date, end_date):
    """
    Function to get the days diference between
    two dates.
    The date format should be in:
        Year-Month-Day ,format
    Ex:
        "2004-11-05"
        
    Ex2:
        
        print date_diff("2004-11-05","2004-12-05")    
    
    * If the date is not in this format it wont work.
    """

    #===========================================================================
    # Import
    #===========================================================================
    from datetime import date
    
    #===========================================================================
    # Process the date.
    #===========================================================================
    # TODO: Let this code more pythonic
    start_splited = start_date.split('-')
    end_splited = end_date.split('-')
    start = date(int(start_splited[0]),  int(start_splited[1]),  \
    int(start_splited[2]))
    end = date(int(end_splited[0]),  int(end_splited[1]),  int(end_splited[2]))
    
    #===========================================================================
    # Calculates and returns the diference.
    #===========================================================================
    return (end-start).days

}}}

== Exemplo de uso ==

* Exemplo de uso no comentário do código acima.


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