SQL | Archived exercise | Show years elapsed for each event

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Software ==> SQL  (198 exercises)
Version ==> Any version of SQL Server
Topic ==> Archived  (70 exercises)
Level ==> Relatively easy
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If you haven't already got it set up in SQL server, restore the Historical Events database from the above folder.

Create the following query, using:

  • CONVERT to convert the date of each event to a more readable format; and
  • DATEDIFF to show the difference between each event's date and today in years

Your final output should look like this (sorted in reverse date order):

SQL exercise - Calculations using dates (image 1)

The DateDiff syntax is: DateDiff(year,EarlierDate,LaterDate)

Save this query as Am I really that old, then close it down.

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