I have searched the forum and found numerous discussions but not one the gets me exactly what I need. I also have an online functions manual but I am still unable to get something to work. I have a view with a date of type MDYY. I need the day number from that field. Ex: July 13 , 2013 would yeild: 13.

I tried using EDIT and wrapping that in a SUBSTR function but got an incompatible type error.

Is there something simple?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,

Is your feild a date/numeric field or a text string?

If its a text string, you would first need to make sure that it is always the same format, i.e the month should always be three characters for consistency and the day should always be two chars, and then a simple edit with a mask should get you the day component.

If its a date/numeric field, try using the built in date functions (i.e HEXTR)

hovering over the field...Format: MDYY....was told its numeric...

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hovering over the field

Normally implies what the display format is. You need to know the actual format, found in the synonym or "?FF filename".

Robert,
A Date type of MDYY often indicates a "SmartDate" datatype field.
You may extract individual components in this manner (SD_MDY2 is an MDY SmartDate field):

a)  YR1 /YY    = SD_MDY2;  
b)  MO1 /MONTH = SD_MDY2;  
c)  DA1 /DAY   = SD_MDY2;  
d)  QT1 /Q     = SD_MDY2;  
e)  WK1 /W     = SD_MDY2;  

Alternately, you may use the DPART function:

  a)  YR1 /YY    = DPART(SD_MDY2,'YEAR'   ,YR1);  
  b)  MO1 /MONTH = DPART(SD_MDY2,'MONTH'  ,MO1);  
  c)  DA1 /DAY   = DPART(SD_MDY2,'DAY'    ,DA1);  
  d)  QT1 /Q     = DPART(SD_MDY2,'QUARTER',QT1);  
  e)  YR2 /I4    = DPART(SD_MDY2,'YY',    'I4');  
  f)  MO2 /I2    = DPART(SD_MDY2,'MM',    'I2');  
  g)  DA2 /I2    = DPART(SD_MDY2,'DAY',   'I2');  
  h)  QT2 /I2    = DPART(SD_MDY2,'QQ',    'I2');  

This and more can be found in the "Dates Book" available at www.Aviter.com".

This message has been edited. Last edited by: John W Price,

thanks.. I will try...

Several ways to do this:

DEFINE FILE CAR
TEST_DATE/MDYY = '03232011';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
TEST_DATE
COMPUTE TEST_MONTH_I/I2 = DPART(TEST_DATE,'MM',    'I2'); 
COMPUTE TEST_MONTH_A/A02 = EDIT(FPRINT(TEST_DATE,'MDYY','A10'),'99$');
BY COUNTRY
END

DATECVT?

Thanks all, when we get our server back I'll give it a go....

The simplest way is to DEFINE or COMPUTE a field with a format of D

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT COMPUTE DATE_MDYY/MDYY = '07/31/2013' ;
COMPUTE DATE_DAY/D = DATE_MDYY ;
COMPUTE DAY_I2/I2 = DATE_DAY ;
COMPUTE DAY_A2/A2 = EDIT(DATE_DAY);

BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
END

Cripes, Waz ... Please don't tell me they use that idiotic MDYY format down under ....

No, Never.......

I'm in the middle here, but, what's wrong with the MDYY format?

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what's wrong with the MDYY format

Can O worms ......

quote:

Originally posted by Waz:

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what's wrong with the MDYY format

Can O worms ......

Except all of my users like dates displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format.

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all of my users like dates displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format

Store them as smart dates with usage format = mm/dd/yyyy. BTW: I like that format for display, not for storage or sorting. Fortunately, WebFOCUS has those two options in its Can O Worms.

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all of my users like dates displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format

Well there you go, different "regions" like different formats.

In OZ its either YYYY/MM/DD or DD/MM/YYYY.

And other countries around the world its different again.

Thank be to the Smart Date gods.

Just wanted to thank you all...COMPUTE DATE_DAY/D = DATE_MDYY ;
is working.

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