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Get year, month and day from date difference



<html>
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<title>Date substraction</title>
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<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

var myVar = prompt("Enter a future date: ")

var user_date = Date.parse(myVar);
var today_date = new Date();
var diff_date =  user_date - today_date;

var num_years = diff_date/31536000000;
var num_months = (diff_date % 31536000000)/2628000000;
var num_days = ((diff_date % 31536000000) % 2628000000)/86400000;

document.write("Number of years: " + Math.floor(num_years) + "<br>");
document.write("Number of months: " + Math.floor(num_months) + "<br>");
document.write("Number of days: " + Math.floor(num_days) + "<br>");
//-->
</script>
</body>
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