import { toDate } from "./toDate.mjs";

/**
 * @name differenceInMilliseconds
 * @category Millisecond Helpers
 * @summary Get the number of milliseconds between the given dates.
 *
 * @description
 * Get the number of milliseconds between the given dates.
 *
 * @typeParam DateType - The `Date` type, the function operates on. Gets inferred from passed arguments. Allows to use extensions like [`UTCDate`](https://github.com/date-fns/utc).
 *
 * @param dateLeft - The later date
 * @param dateRight - The earlier date
 *
 * @returns The number of milliseconds
 *
 * @example
 * // How many milliseconds are between
 * // 2 July 2014 12:30:20.600 and 2 July 2014 12:30:21.700?
 * const result = differenceInMilliseconds(
 *   new Date(2014, 6, 2, 12, 30, 21, 700),
 *   new Date(2014, 6, 2, 12, 30, 20, 600)
 * )
 * //=> 1100
 */
export function differenceInMilliseconds(dateLeft, dateRight) {
  return +toDate(dateLeft) - +toDate(dateRight);
}

// Fallback for modularized imports:
export default differenceInMilliseconds;