MWML [DATEDIFF]-Tag

Outputs the difference between two points in time.

Usage

Email templates, Landing page templates, Survey templates, Emails, Landing pages, Surveys, Account constants, Dynamic content, Personalization helpers

Syntax

[DATEDIFF ... /]

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
format	Text	Format of the date or time. List of all options see strftime()
start	%{<Subscriber-field-ID>} Relative date/time format	Start time. See PHP/Relative date and time formats
end	%{<Subscriber-field-ID>} Relative date/time format	End time. See PHP/Relative date and time formats

Example

Display of the birthday and the years, months, and days that have passed since then.

You were born on [Geburtstag format='date %A, %d.%m.%Y' locale='de_DE' /].<br/>
That was [DATEDIFF start="now" end='%{5}' format='%y years, %m months and %d days' /] ago.

[Geburtstag ... /] includes the content of the subscriber field with the alias "Geburtstag" (Birthday).
start='now' Start time: Now¹
end='%{5}' End time: Date from subscriber field "Geburtstag" (ID 5).

1. For mailings: Time of personalization, not delivery.