Hi All,

Can anyone tell me why the following code suddenly doesn't provide the correct date? This just started to fail two days ago but prior to that it's been working for months.

SET BUSDAYS = _MTWTF_
-RUN
-SET &DTPREV = DATECVT(DATEADD(DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD'),'BD',-1),'YYMD','I8YYMD');
-TYPE &DTPREV

&DTPREV should be 20140916 and instead it's 19001231. WTH!!!

Any ideas or alternatives? This is from WebFOCUS 7.6.9.

Thanks,

Norb

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Norb Eckert,

Well I added a line for the holiday file and now it's working correctly.

SET HDAY = SBLC

So I guess that everywhere I have a BUSDAYS command I will need to add an HDAY command as well. I don't understand why this is necessary since I would expect the DATEADD function to work with or without the holiday file being specified.

Thanks,

Norb

Just put the SET HDAY in the server profile. Also, I think that to use 'BD' the holiday file is required.

"...When using the business day unit, DATEADD uses the BUSDAYS parameter setting and holiday file ..."

maybe a custom holiday file ran out? Might be located here:
ibi/srv769/wfs/bin/hday??.err