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# Minutes\_Between
**Minutes\_between**
The number of minutes between two date-time strings. If only one is specified, it compares the difference between it and the current timestamp.
### Example 1:
Step 1: Create an empty **minutes\_between\_example\_1** using AIOps studio as shown in the below screenshot.
Step 2: Add the following pipeline code/commands into the above-created pipeline as shown in the below screenshot:
You can copy the below code into your pipeline and execute that in your environment.\
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\&#xNAN;*`##### This pipeline creates a simple time fields time1 and time2 with two distinctive`*\
*`##### values as a dataset.`* \
*`##### Pipeline uses RDA dm function minutes_between to calculate minutes between two`*\
*`##### timestamps and prints the value. In addition, RDA dm function ts_to_datetimestr`*\
*`##### is used to convert the the time difference into string (other units are ms,ns,`* \
*`##### excel_date)`*\
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*`@dm:empty`* \
*`--> @dm:addrow time1 = 1623193065990 & time2 = 1623193085990`*\
*`--> @dm:map to = 'Change_In_Minutes' & from = 'time1,time2' & func = 'minutes_between'`*\
*`--> @dm:map attr = 'Change_In_Minutes' & func = 'ts_to_datetimestr' & unit = 's'`*
Step 3: Click verify button to make sure syntax and pipeline code is correct (as shown below)
Step 4: Click execute button and execute the pipeline. RDA will execute the pipeline without any errors (as shown below)
Step 5: RDA uses the dm function minutes\_between to calculate the difference between two timestamps and presents the output as shown below screenshot. \
Note: In addition to the above dm function, the pipeline also uses ts\_to\_datetimestr to convert the timestamp value to a string.
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