Why has DateDiff been removed?

[ozboomer]

Hi, all...

Consider this simple code:

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' Works Ok in BasicMaker Professional 2021 (rev S1068.1105) 32bit under Windows 8.1 32-bit
' DateDiff is unknown in BasicMaker Professional 2024 (rev S1222.1129) 64bit under Windows 11 64-bit
'

Dim TheDate As Date    ' Declare variables.
Dim Msg
TheDate = InputBox("Enter a date")
Msg = "Days from today: " & DateDiff("d", Now, TheDate)
MsgBox Msg

As demonstrated with the code, a script I use no longer works in the updated BasicMaker as it appears DateDiff has been removed. The error thrown is:

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C:\tmp\datediff.bas : Error in line: 9 - Sub or function not defined: DateDiff

Is there any reason for this... or is there any workaround available?

Thanks.