Calculate days between two dates in MySQL with example

MySQL DATEDIFF() function returns the number of days between the two dates. The DATEDIFF() function takes two arguments date1 and date2.

Example : 1 – In this example, the days are calculated from current date.

SELECT DATEDIFF(CURDATE(), '2020-02-14');

Example : 2 – In this example, the days are calculated between two dates.

SELECT DATEDIFF('2020-04-30', '2020-01-01'); // date format Y-m-d

Example : 3 – In this example, the days are calculated between two dates & time.

SELECT DATEDIFF('2020-04-30 10:11:20', '2020-01-01 11:45:22'); // date format Y-m-d h:m:s

Example : 4 – In this example, the total days are calculated between two columns names when column type is ‘datetime‘ in the MySQL table.

student_experience Table

SELECT DATEDIFF(exp_to_date, exp_from_date) + 1 AS TotalDays FROM student_experience;  // include one day
//Output is 30 days

Example : 5 -In this example, the total days are calculated between two columns names when column type is ‘date‘ in the MySQL table.

student_experience Table

SELECT DATEDIFF(exp_to_date, exp_from_date) + 1 AS TotalDays FROM student_experience;  // include one day
//Output is 30 days

Calculate days between two dates in MySQL with example