(Node.js) Compute Difference Between Two DateTime Strings

Demonstrates how to compute the difference between two datetime strings.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // Imagine we have these strings:

    var t1 = "2022-11-14 15:45:38";
    var t2 = "2022-11-16 17:23:41";

    // How many minutes are between the two?

    // First, we'd want load each date/time into a Chilkat CkDateTime object.
    // In this case, there are no CkDateTime methods that accept the above format.
    // However.. the CkDateTime's SetFromTimestamp will accept a date in the format "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ"

    // First modify the above dates to the timestamp format.
    var sb1 = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sb1.Append(t1);
    var count = sb1.Replace(" ","T");
    sb1.Append("Z");

    var sb2 = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sb2.Append(t2);
    count = sb2.Replace(" ","T");
    sb2.Append("Z");

    // Load each into a CkDateTime
    var dt1 = new chilkat.CkDateTime();
    dt1.SetFromTimestamp(sb1.GetAsString());
    // verify...
    console.log(dt1.GetAsTimestamp(false));

    var dt2 = new chilkat.CkDateTime();
    dt2.SetFromTimestamp(sb2.GetAsString());
    // verify...
    console.log(dt2.GetAsTimestamp(false));

    // Get the difference in seconds
    var diffSeconds = dt2.DiffSeconds(dt1);
    console.log("Difference in seconds: " + diffSeconds);
    console.log("Difference in minutes: " + (diffSeconds / 60));

}

chilkatExample();