# Date time difference

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-time-difference/141216>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 23, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-time-difference/141216 "2018-07-23T15:57:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senthiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Senthiles](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Senthiles)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-time-difference/141216/1 "2018-07-23T15:57:08Z")

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Hi,  
can anyone help me get the date difference between to dates.  
{  
"script\_fields": {  
"my\_doubled\_field": {  
"script": {  
"lang": "painless",  
"source": "new Date().gettime() - doc['datefield'].value"  
}  
}  
}}

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-time-difference/141216/2 "2018-08-20T15:57:11Z")

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