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Jeff_Rowland
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At the very beginning for a report I capture the Current Date using the code:
-SET &SDATE=&MDYY;

What I am trying to figure out is how to determine the day of the week from the current date and assign that value to a variable (numeric format).

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Mighty Max
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Hint: Look up the DOWK function and the DECODE function. Post your solution.


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dbeagan
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I needed that a few weeks ago, came up with this:
 -SET &DOW = IMOD(YMD(18991231,&YYMD),7,'I5');


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Jeff_Rowland
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Thanks. It works for me


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Mighty Max
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-SET &Day = DOWK(&YYMD,'A3');
-SET &DayNumber = DECODE &Day ('SUN' 1 'MON' 2 'TUE' 3 'WED' 4 'THU' 5 'FRI' 6 'SAT' 7);

-TYPE Day = &Day
-TYPE DayNumber = &DayNumber


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Francis Mariani
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Another 'hidden' date variable:

&DATEW

Value today: 4, which is Thursday.


Francis


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Jeff_Rowland
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&DATEW

Mighty Max, dbeagan, Francis thank you for your all your input. Just what I needed.

Question: Is there any documention available that list"Undocumented/hidden" variables? - Just Curious.


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Dan Satchell
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The Wizard of Waz has provided a pretty complete list: List of &DATE system variables


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Francis Mariani
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Wow! Great job Waz.

By the way, could someone confirm that the oft-mentioned Book Of Dates has these mentioned?

Cheers,


Francis


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