SUBROUTINE DIFDAT (idate1, idate2, NHOURS)

ARGUMENTS

OUT

NHOURS  number of hours        integer

IN

IDATE1  CMC date-time stamp    integer
IDATE2  CMC date-time stamp    integer

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

NOTES

- if difdat receives bad arguments, it returns nhours=2**30
- see incdatr for details on cmc date-time stamps
- idate1 and idate2 will be rounded to the nearest hour before 
  nhours is computed
- for this reason, it is recommended to use difdatr instead

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