elasticsearch/docs/reference/esql/functions/date_diff.asciidoc
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[[esql-date_diff]]
=== `DATE_DIFF`
Subtract the second argument from the third argument and return their difference in multiples of the unit specified in the first argument.
If the second argument (start) is greater than the third argument (end), then negative values are returned.
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2+h|Datetime difference units
s|unit
s|abbreviations
| year | years, yy, yyyy
| quarter | quarters, qq, q
| month | months, mm, m
| dayofyear | dy, y
| day | days, dd, d
| week | weeks, wk, ww
| weekday | weekdays, dw
| hour | hours, hh
| minute | minutes, mi, n
| second | seconds, ss, s
| millisecond | milliseconds, ms
| microsecond | microseconds, mcs
| nanosecond | nanoseconds, ns
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=dateDiff]
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=dateDiff-result]
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