Days Between Dates | Dataford Interview Questions

Given two dates D1 and D2, find the number of days and months between them.

Asked in the bar raiser stage. Implement a function that takes two dates and returns the difference in days and months. Assume the dates are valid and may be in any order.

Function Input

D1, D2: date values in YYYY-MM-DD format

Function Output

Return a pair (days, months) where days is the absolute day difference and months is the absolute whole-month difference.

Constraints

Dates are valid Gregorian calendar dates
0001-01-01 <= D1, D2 <= 9999-12-31
D1 and D2 may be equal
Return absolute differences

Function Signature

def date_difference(d1, d2):

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