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[Programming Help] - Getting the Seconds between 2 SCDateTime objects, which may or may not be > 24 hrs

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[2024-05-21 15:38:46]
ycomp - Posts: 293
How can I get the # of seconds difference between 2 SCDateTime objects, even if it is more than 24 hours between them?

currently I'm using .GetAsDouble() to find the difference in double.. then I can make a SCDateTime from that double, but I can't figure out how convert that to seconds?

is there a way I can just convert the double directly to seconds?

for ease of reference:
Working with the SCDateTime Variables and Values
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-05-21 15:40:37
[2024-05-21 16:17:01]
User431178 - Posts: 460

is there a way I can just convert the double directly to seconds?

Multiply double value by seconds per day, 86400, that is all.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-05-21 16:17:15
[2024-05-22 08:02:10]
ycomp - Posts: 293
great, much appreciated
[2024-05-22 10:02:53]
ycomp - Posts: 293
  /*** Total Seconds (i.e. that can be > 24 hours) ***/

  inline constexpr double SECONDS_IN_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60;

  /**
   * @param seconds the total seconds
   * @return the SCDateTime value
   */
  inline SCDateTime fromSeconds(int64_t seconds) {
    return SCDateTime{ seconds / SECONDS_IN_DAY };
  }

  /**
   * @param dt the SCDateTime
   * @return the SCDateTime value as total seconds
   */
  inline int64_t seconds(const SCDateTime& dt) {
    return static_cast<int64_t>( dt.GetAsDouble() * SECONDS_IN_DAY);
  }

  /**
   * @param dt1 the first SCDateTime
   * @param dt2 the second SCDateTime
   * @return the number of seconds between dt1 and dt2
   * - positive if dt1 is later than dt2, negative if dt1 is earlier than dt2
   */
  inline int seconds(const SCDateTime& dt1, const SCDateTime& dt2) {
    return static_cast<int>( seconds(dt1) - seconds(dt2) );
  }

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