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Return the signed number of days between two dates.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_date.h>`

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int
operator‐(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[Date] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[Date] const& rhs);
----

== Description

Return the (signed) number of days between the specified `lhs` and `rhs` dates. Note that if `lhs < rhs` the result will be negative.

== Return Value

number of days from `rhs` to `lhs`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left‐hand date operand
| *rhs*
| right‐hand date operand
|===


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