Bug #91706 Typo "two date" instead of "two dates" in 3.3.4.5 Date Calculations

• Submitted: 18 Jul 2018 23:03
• Modified: 20 Jul 2018 21:27
• Reporter: Bobby Durrett
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.7, 5.6, 8.0
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[18 Jul 2018 23:03] Bobby Durrett

Description:
In 3.3.4.5 Date Calculations section of the MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual there is a minor grammatical error or typo.

It says "Its arguments are the unit in which you want the result expressed, and the two date for which to take the difference."

It should say "Its arguments are the unit in which you want the result expressed, and the two dates for which to take the difference."

The TIMESTAMPDIFF function takes three arguments and the last two arguments are date type arguments. It should say "two dates" and not "two date",

How to repeat:
Documentation bug.

Suggested fix:
See description.

[19 Jul 2018 5:03] MySQL Verification Team

Hello Bobby,

Thank you for the report!

Thanks,
Umesh

[20 Jul 2018 21:27] Paul DuBois

Posted by developer:
 
Fixed. Thanks for spotting this!