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Peter FRB
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I'm new to WF and would appreciate any advice on the following:

I need to create two dates, STARTDATE and ENDDATE.

ENDDATE is the last day of the previous month, for today June 30, 2015

STARTDATE is one year previous, for today July 1, 2014.

Thanks in advance.

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WebFOCUS 8
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 5 | Registered: April 08, 2015Report This Post
CoolGuy
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Peter,

WF8 has many different date functions one can use to get and manipulate dates for definition in a data description or report request.

Some I've used are CHGDATE(), DATECVT(), DATEADD(), etc.

This link takes you to a great thread on date manipulation done by others on the forums that I've benefited from from time to time:

http://forums.informationbuild...?r=14810094#14810094

Also, go to IBI's website and find the WF8 docs and search for date functions. You'll find bunches of info there as well.


8.2.02M (production), 8.2.02M (test), Windows 10, all outputs.
 
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jfr99
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Here's one example to look at ...

-* SET CURRENT DATE
-SET &CUR_YYMD = &YYMD;
-*-SET &CUR_YYMD = 20110901;
-*
-SET &BCM_YYMD = DATECVT(DATEMOV(DATECVT(&CUR_YYMD, 'I8YYMD', 'YYMD'), 'BOM'),'YYMD', 'I8YYMD');
-*
-SET &BEG_YYMD = DATECVT((DATEADD((DATECVT (&BCM_YYMD, 'I8YYMD', 'YYMD')),'M', -12)), 'YYMD','I8YYMD');
-SET &END_YYMD = DATECVT((DATEADD((DATECVT (&BCM_YYMD, 'I8YYMD', 'YYMD')),'D', -1)), 'YYMD','I8YYMD');
-*
-SET &STARTDATE = FPRINT(DATECVT(&BEG_YYMD,'I8YYMD','MDYY'),'MDtrYY','A20');
-SET &ENDDATE = FPRINT(DATECVT(&END_YYMD,'I8YYMD','MDYY'),'MDtrYY','A20');
-*
-TYPE ------------------------------------------------
-TYPE CURRENT DATE (CUR_YYMD) ----- &CUR_YYMD
-TYPE ------------------------------------------------
-TYPE BEGIN CURRENT MONTH (BCM_YYMD) ----- &BCM_YYMD
-TYPE ------------------------------------------------
-TYPE BEGIN DATE (BEG_YYMD) ----- &BEG_YYMD
-TYPE END DATE (END_YYMD) ----- &END_YYMD
-TYPE ------------------------------------------------
-TYPE --- YOUR DATES
-TYPE ------------------------------------------------
-TYPE STARTDATE ----- &STARTDATE
-TYPE ENDDATE ------- &ENDDATE
-TYPE ------------------------------------------------


WebFocus 8.201M, Windows, App Studio
 
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Dan Satchell
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-SET &CURRENT_YR_MTH   = EDIT(&YYMD,'999999$$');
-SET &REPORT_YR_MTH    = AYM(&CURRENT_YR_MTH,-1,'I6YYM');
-*
-SET &CURRENT_MTH_BEG  = &CURRENT_YR_MTH | '01';
-SET &REPORT_MTH_BEG   = &REPORT_YR_MTH | '01';
-SET &REPORT_MTH_END   = AYMD(&CURRENT_MTH_BEG,-1,'I8');
-*
-SET &REPORT_YEAR      = EDIT(&REPORT_YR_MTH,'9999$$');
-SET &YEAR1_AGO_YR_MTH = AYM(&CURRENT_YR_MTH,-12,'I6YYM');
-SET &YEAR1_AGO_BEG    = &YEAR1_AGO_YR_MTH | '01';
-*
-TYPE &REPORT_YEAR
-TYPE &REPORT_MTH_END
-TYPE &REPORT_MTH_BEG
-TYPE &YEAR1_AGO_BEG


WebFOCUS 7.7.05
 
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Waz
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Hi Peter,

I would suggest that you have a good read of the Functions manual so you know what is available.

V8.1.04 Functions Manual


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
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Kevin W
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Or you can look into this great book.
http://www.aviter.com/keysheet/home/dates-book/


WebFOCUS 7.7.05 (Someday 8)
Windows 7, All Outputs
In Focus since 1983.
 
Posts: 103 | Registered: April 27, 2011Report This Post
Peter FRB
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Thanks all for your assistance. Much appreciated.
 
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Edward Wolfgram
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Just for fun, here is how it could be done without subroutines: 

  
DEFINE FILE CAR                                                 
TODAY/YYMD WITH COUNTRY = &YYMD ;                               
YRMON/YYM = TODAY ;                                             
FSTDAY/YYMD = YRMON ;                                           
IFSTDAY/I8YYMD = FSTDAY ;                                       
IYR/I4 = IFSTDAY/10000 ;                                        
IMDAY/I4 = IFSTDAY - (IYR*10000);                               
ISTART/I8YYMD = (IYR-1)*10000 + IMDAY ;                         
STRTDAY/YYMD = ISTART ;                                         
ENDDAY/YYMD = FSTDAY - 1;                                       
END                                                             
-RUN                                                            
TABLE FILE CAR                                                  
PRINT YRMON YRMON FSTDAY ENDDAY IFSTDAY IYR IMDAY ISTART STRTDAY
IF RECORDLIMIT EQ 1                                             
END                                                             
-RUN


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