Count days between UTC-midnight dates.
TypeScript: A day is exactly 86400000 milliseconds for these explicitly UTC-midnight inputs.
const start = Date.UTC(2026, 1, 1);
const end = Date.UTC(2026, 2, 1);
console.log((end - start) / 86400000);Expected output EXAMPLE
28
Details
Requires TypeScript and Node.js. Save as snippet.ts, compile with tsc --strict --target ES2022 --module commonjs snippet.ts, then run node snippet.js. A day is exactly 86400000 milliseconds for these explicitly UTC-midnight inputs.
Do not apply this fixed-duration formula to arbitrary local times across daylight-saving transitions.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · TypeScript 5.9.3; Node.js v18.19.1 · bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
tsc --strict --target ES2022 --module commonjs snippet.ts && node snippet.js- Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3- Code SHA-256
6460b46fa19e96d2b29773647a9e5b91c797269827b46f81ff411c6ade3b6aac- Dependencies
- bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
# No input files required.
Observed standard output
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Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.