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serenekk
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I have this working to calculate to get beginning of the week as End date fr my query to end depending on today's date and
last tuesday as Begining date.

-SET &WKDAY=DOWK(&YYMD,'A3');

-SET &BGN_DATE = DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'BOW')),'YYMD','I8YYMD') - 6;
-SET &END_DATE = DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'BOW')),'YYMD','I8YYMD');

NOW those 2 dates are in YYMD format. How do convert back to MDYY format? I kept getting 0 for the HDATE ..or should I use DATECVT? I kept getting errors using either one. Any help on this is much appreciated!

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on VMS: OpenVMS AXP V8.2 Prod and TestEnvironment
Webfocus: WebFocus 7.6.1 Prod and TestEnvironment
 
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Mike Deluca
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-SET &DISPLAYDATE = EDIT(DATECVT(DATEADD(DATECVT(&BGN_DATE,'I8YYMD','YYMD'),'D',0),'YYMD','I8MDYY'),'99/99/9999');


Prod/Dev: WebFOCUS 8.0.06 on Windows Server 2008/Tomcat , WebFOCUS DevStudio 8.0.06 on Windows 7
 
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serenekk
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got it! many thanks!


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Alan B
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-SET &BGN_DATE = DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'BOW')),'YYMD','I8YYMD') - 6;

You are going to hit a problems when you run over the end of the month, as this will fail. Try:
SET TESTDATE = 20130507
-RUN
-SET &BGN_DATE = DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'BOW')),'YYMD','I8YYMD') - 6;
-SET &DISPLAYDATE = EDIT(DATECVT(DATEADD(DATECVT(&BGN_DATE,'I8YYMD','YYMD'),'D',0),'YYMD','I8MDYY'),'99/99/9999');
-TYPE &DISPLAYDATE


You will have to use DATEADD to move back 6 days. I much prefer to ignore the DATECVT and &YYMD type approaches and use functions throughout when in Dialogue Manager:
-SET &MDYY_END      = HCNVRT(HDTTM(DATEMOV(HDATE(HGETC(8,'HYYMDs'),'YYMD'),'BOW'),8,'HMDYYS'),'(HMDYY)',10,'A10') ;
-SET &MDYY_BGN      = HCNVRT(HDTTM(DATEADD(DATEMOV(HDATE(HGETC(8,'HYYMDs'),'YYMD'),'BOW'),'D',-6),8,'HMDYYS'),'(HMDYY)',10,'A10') ;
-TYPE &MDYY_END
-TYPE &MDYY_BGN


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