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Return the signed fractional year count between two dates.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bbldc_periodicmaactualactual.h>`

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----
static
double
yearsDiff(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[bdlt::Date] const& beginDate,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[bdlt::Date] const& endDate,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[bdlt::Date] const* periodDateBegin,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[bdlt::Date] const* periodDateEnd,
    double periodYearDiff);
----

== Return Value

the signed fractional number of years between the dates

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *beginDate*
| the start date
| *endDate*
| the end date
| *periodDateBegin*
| the first period boundary date
| *periodDateEnd*
| one past the last period boundary date
| *periodYearDiff*
| the duration of each period in years
|===


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