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<kvn>
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Easy problem that has me stumped. How do I get last month's date? I need to show the MTD range of the previous month.

I need to store the date into a SET Variable.

I've tried DATEADD and AYM and I just can't get those functions to work in the SET using &DATEYYMD or &YYMD. They work if I use them in a DEFINE but not in SET.
 
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Spence
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Try this.

-SET &TODAY = &YYMD/100;
-SET &LAST_MONTH = AYM(&TODAY, -1, YYM);
-TYPE &TODAY
-TYPE &LAST_MONTH
-EXIT
 
Posts: 189 | Location: pgh pa | Registered: October 06, 2004Report This Post
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-* get last month
-SET &TODAY = &YYMD/100;
-SET &LAST_MONTH = AYM(&TODAY, -1, YYM);
-SET &THIS_MONTH = AYM(&TODAY, 0, YYM);
-********************************************
-* get last month date range
-SET &SDATE = &LAST_MONTH||'01';
-SET &FIRSTDAY = &THIS_MONTH||'01';
-SET &EDATE = AYMD(&FIRSTDAY, -1, YYMD);
-TYPE TODAY = &TODAY
-TYPE LAST_MONTH = &LAST_MONTH
-TYPE THIS MONTH = &THIS_MONTH
-TYPE FIRSTDAY = &FIRSTDAY
-TYPE START RANGE = &SDATE
-TYPE END_RANGE = &EDATE
-EXIT
 
Posts: 189 | Location: pgh pa | Registered: October 06, 2004Report This Post
<Pietro De Santis>
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Use the DATEMOV function, it normally works only with Date fields, but here's how you can use the it in Dialog Manager:

-SET &DT1_YYMD = '&YYMD';

-* Determine Beginning of Week for selected date
-SET &WTDF =
- DATECVT(( DATEMOV((DATECVT(&DT1_YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'BOW')),
- 'YYMD','I8YYMD');

The inside DATECVT function converts &DT1_YYMD from I8YYMD to YYMD to enable use of the DATEMOV function. The outside DATECVT function converts the result from YYMD back to I8YYMD.

Neat, innit?
 
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<kvn>
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Thanks both. Each solution worked well.
 
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