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Mark1
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Can someone explain to me why the result of this code is 0? Thanks!

SET BUSDAYS = _MTWTF_
-RUN
-SET &BDAY= DATEDIF(20081201,20081231,'BD');
-TYPE &BDAY

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Tony A
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... because the requirement for that function is full component dates and not numeric equivalents.

Try -

-SET &BDAY= DATEDIF('2008/12/01','2008/12/31','BD');

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Glenda
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quote:
SET BUSDAYS = _MTWTF_
-RUN
-SET &BDAY= DATEDIF(20081201,20081231,'BD');
-TYPE &BDAY


I get 22 when I run your code.


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j.gross
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DATEDIF seems to accept smart dates, or anything it would allow you to assign to a /YYMD smart date.

Observation suggests the assignment of integer constants to smart-date variables (and the interpretation of DATEDIF's date arguments) makes allowance for "reasonable-looking" yyyymmdd integer values as if they were presented in a /I8YYMD variable; and any other integer value as a date-offset (as if presented in a /YYMD variable).

SET BUSDAYS = _MTWTF_
-RUN
-SET &BDAY1= DATEDIF(20081201,20081231,'BD');
-SET &BDAY2= DATEDIF(0+20081201,0+20081231,'BD');
-SET &BDAY3= DATEDIF('20081201','20081231','BD');
-SET &BDAY4= DATEDIF('2008/12/01','2008/12/31','BD');
-SET &BDAY5A=DATECVT(20081201, 'I8YYMD', 'YYMD');
-SET &BDAY5B=DATECVT(20081231, 'I8YYMD', 'YYMD');
-SET &BDAY5C=DATEDIF(+&BDAY5A,+&BDAY5B,'BD');
-SET &BDAY6= DATEDIF('DEC 01, 2008','DEC 31, 2008','BD');
-? &BDAY 


CURRENTLY DEFINED & VARIABLES STARTING WITH 'BDAY':
 &BDAY1        = 22
 &BDAY2        = 22
 &BDAY3        = 22
 &BDAY4        = 22
 &BDAY5A       = 39417
 &BDAY5B       = 39447
 &BDAY5C       = 22
 &BDAY6        = 22


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