Convert the duration of two dates to minutes?

[Community Alums]

Does anyone have a business rule I can use as an example to convert the duration between 2 dates to minutes?

We currently have 2 date fields (dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss)
u_outage_start
u_outage_end

Looking to get this converted to minutes in field u_reported_downtime_degradation

Thanks in advance!

[Anurag Tripathi]

Hi,

Try this

var dateString1 = new GlideDateTime(current.u_outage_start); 
var dateString2 = new GlideDateTime(current.u_outage_end); 
var diffSeconds = gs.dateDiff(dateString1, dateString2, true);
diffMins = diffSeconds/60;

return Math.round(diffMins);   // return the calculated value

-Anurag

[Community Alums]

Hi, is this a calculated value? I ideally need this as a business rule if possible?

[Anurag Tripathi]

The same script would run in a BR as well, just instead of return you set it to the field you want.

The BR should run when both begin and end fields have values.

[Community Alums]

Brilliant! Thanks for your help I used this in the end.

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {
var dateString1 = new GlideDateTime(current.u_outage_start); 
var dateString2 = new GlideDateTime(current.u_outage_end); 
var diffSeconds = gs.dateDiff(dateString1, dateString2, true);
diffMins = diffSeconds/60;
	current.u_reported_downtime_degradation = diffSeconds;

})(current, previous);