exactDiff function

num exactDiff({ required DateTime x, required DateTime y, String units = 'ms', bool asFloat = false, })

Returns exact amount of given unit (units) between the two DateTimes. This accounts for leapyears and other time-based anomalies.

Accepted units are:

• 'ms' (milliseconds)

• 's' (seconds)

• 'min' (minutes)

• 'h' (hours)

• 'd' (days)

• 'w' (weeks)

• 'mon' (months)

• 'y' (years)

Implementation

num exactDiff(
    {required DateTime x,
    required DateTime y,
    String units = 'ms',
    bool asFloat = false}) {
  num diff;
  switch (units) {
    case 'ms':
      diff = x.difference(y).inMilliseconds;
      break;
    case 's':
      diff = x.difference(y).inSeconds;
      break;
    case 'min':
      diff = x.difference(y).inMinutes;
      break;
    case 'h':
      diff = x.difference(y).inHours;
      break;
    case 'd':
      diff = x.difference(y).inDays;
      break;
    case 'w':
      diff = x.difference(y).inDays / 7;
      break;
    case 'mon':
      diff = _monthDiff(x, y);
      break;
    case 'y':
      diff = _monthDiff(x, y) / 12;
      break;
    default:
      throw ArgumentError('Unsupported format...');
  }
  if (!asFloat) return _absFloor(diff);
  return diff;
}