Hi,

Does anyone know if this is possible?

Anyone hate dates as much as I do?

This is basically what I want to do (in dialogue manger):

DATE1 = 200801
DATE2 = 200712

DATE1 - DATE2 = 1

DATEDIF does not seem to work with YYM format...
DATECVT does not seem to like YYM format either.

Thanks for any and all help.

Sincerely,

Date Challenged Krysti

Use the 'legacy' function YM:

YM(fromdate, todate, outfield)

-SET &ECHO=ALL;

-SET &DATE1 = 200801;
-SET &DATE2 = 200712;

-SET &DATEDIF = YM(&DATE2, &DATE1, 'I6YYM');

-TYPE &DATE1 &DATE2 &DATEDIF

Hi Krysti

The only reason to hate dates is because you grow older every day....LOL

I have advised this before, buy the book "almost 1001 Ways to Work with Dates in WebFOCUS"
It will cost you 25 $ and it's worth all the money.

Francis,

You are awesome!!! Thank you so much!

Krysti

Frank,

Thanks for the reminder about the book. I think someone here might have a copy of that.

I think I'm finally starting to understand better what does and doesn't work with what.

That YM function was one of the last pieces of the puzzle... well, at least that's what I think right now anyway!

Thanks for the advice.

Krysti

quote:

-SET &DATEDIF = YM(&DATE2, &DATE1, 'I6YYM');

This is a nit but the outfield is not a date but an integer and as such, the format should be 'In' e.g. 'I2'.

Also, Krysti, check out the Legacy Dates functions in the functions manual for things you can do with dates in Dialogue Manager.

quote:

-SET &DATEDIF = YM(&DATE2, &DATE1, 'I6YYM');

I6YYM is an integer, not a date, but you're right, I could have coded it

-SET &ECHO=ALL;

-SET &DATE1 = 200801;
-SET &DATE2 = 200712;

-SET &DATEDIF = YM(&DATE2, &DATE1, 'I4');

-TYPE &DATE1 &DATE2 &DATEDIF

Thank you Ginny.

From one nit picker to another..

You are most welcome, Alan.