Days Between Dates

Days Between Dates

Tags: Basics

Credit: CodingChallenge

Difficulty: Beginner

Type: Text

Category: Practice

Time Allowed: 5 s

Description:

Write a function that takes two date strings in the format "YYYY-MM-DD" and returns the number of days between them as an integer. This problem is designed to help you practice calculating the difference between dates. The function should accept two parameters and return the number of days.

Constraints:

  • Both inputs will be strings representing valid dates in the format "YYYY-MM-DD".
  • The function should return an integer representing the number of days between the two dates.
  • The order of the dates does not matter; the result should be the absolute difference.
  • Use the datetime module.

Example:

  • Input: "2023-10-05", "2023-10-10"
  • Output: 5

Test Case Input Expected Output
1 ["2023-10-05", "2023-10-10"] 5
2 ["2023-12-31", "2024-01-01"] 1
3 ["2023-01-01", "2022-12-31"] 1
4 ["2020-02-28", "2020-03-01"] 2

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