Convert Date dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss to minutes (WebI or Univ. Designer)

Question

Hi all,
I having serious problems... I need to make a report that must have many datas, like userID, type of ticket, start date, actual date, finish date, sla, priod late(sla).
Then, I need calculate difference between start date and current date to calculate if sla is late.
ex.:
today() - start date 10/10/2009 10:10:00  <=== the difference MUST be in MINUTES...
Can you help me with this issue?
Thanks a lot!
Luiz, from Brazil

Answer 1

Hi,
This can be achieved at both Universe and Report Level. IT will be easy to do it at universe level if the DB at support date calculation (Oracle supports)
At Universe Level it can be achieved as:
((Date 1- Date2)*86400)/60
((Date 1- Date2)*86400) gives the difference between two dates in seconds.
You may need to create a object for the current date.
At Web-I level The process is a bit lengthy as:
create different variables as
Seconds in Days = Daysbetween(date 1 ; date2)*86400
v Time in Sec 1 = ((ToNumber(SubStr(FormatDate(Date1 ; "HH:mm:ss");1;2))*60*60 +ToNumber(SubStr(FormatDate(Date1;"HH:mm:ss");4;2))*60+ToNumber(SubStr(FormatDate(Date1;"HH:mm:ss");7;2))
v Time in Sec 2 = ((ToNumber(SubStr(FormatDate(Date2 ; "HH:mm:ss");1;2))*60*60 +ToNumber(SubStr(FormatDate(Date2;"HH:mm:ss");4;2))*60+ToNumber(SubStr(FormatDate(Date2;"HH:mm:ss");7;2))
v Time Diff in Sec = (v Time in Sec 1 - v Time in Sec 2) + Seconds in Days
Minutes = v Time Diff in Sec / 60
Regards,
Rohit