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Calculate the number of days between dates

This article explains how to use handlebars helpers to calculate the number of days between dates.

21*24*60*60 = 1814400 = seconds in 21 days.

timestamp:

{{timeStamp}}

date+offset:

{{dateAdd myDate 1814400000}} //dateAdd uses milliseconds 

timeStamp in seconds from epoch:

{{dateFormat 'X' timeStamp}}

myDate in seconds from epoch:

{{dateFormat 'X' myDate}}

myDate in seconds + 21 days:

{{add 1814400 (dateFormat 'X' myDate)}} 
 {{#compare (add 1814400 (dateFormat 'X' timeStamp)) ">" (dateFormat 'X' myDate)}}

21 days from now is greater than myDate

{{else}}

21 days from now is less than myDate

{{/compare}}