From: dusty <dusty.doris@...>
Date: 2008-12-11T01:03:27+09:00
Subject: Re: want only the working hours(9am-5pm) between two dates

On Dec 10, 8:32 am, Srikanth Jeeva <sri.jjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian Candler wrote:
> > Srikanth Jeeva wrote:
> >> but i need the total hours between 9am-5pm, between the given dates..
> >> can any one plz help??
>
> > Not sure what you mean. Do you mean (date2 - date1 + 1) * 8 ?
>
> > Use to_i on the answer if you don't want Rational arithmetic.
>
> hi brain,
>
> i mean..
>
> date1="November 5th, 2008, 10:30 am"
> date2="November 7th, 2008, 6:00 pm"
>
> i want only the working hours between 10:30 am to 6.00 pm,in these
> dates...
>
> date can also be,
>
> date1="March 5th, 2005, 5:30 am"
> date2="November 7th, 2006, 9:00 pm"
>
> all i need is working hours between these dates...
>
> first day & last days time makes complications here.
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