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<Christopher>
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Hi there,

I have a question about DATEDIF. In the HTML-manual I have this function is not described. Can anyone post me the list of parameters? I've heard of 'D', 'WD' and 'BD'. What do they do?

Thanks a lot
boerzel
 
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Mikel
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DATEDIF doc. from:


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DATEDIF(from_date, to_date, 'unit'[, outfield])

where:

  • from_date - Date - Is the start date from which to calculate the difference.
  • to_date - Date - Is the end date from which to calculate the difference.
  • unit - Alphanumeric - Is one of the following enclosed in single quotation marks:
    [list]

  • Y - indicates a year unit.
  • M - indicates a month unit.
  • D - indicates a day unit.
  • WD - indicates a weekday unit.
  • BD - indicates a business day unit.


  • outfield - Alphanumeric - Is the field that contains the result. This value is required only for Maintain.
    [/list]
    Regards,
    Mikel
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    <Christopher>
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    Hallo Mikel,

    thanks a lot! But now I've got the next problem. How am I supposed to change an alphanumeric field like '010504' into a DMY field? The DATEDIF function needs fields formatted as date.

    Thanks a lot
    Christopher
     
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    Mikel
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    For example:


    SET DEFCENT = 19
    SET YRTHRESH = 50

    TABLE FILE CAR
    PRINT
    COMPUTE DATEA/A6DMY = '010504' ;
    COMPUTE DATE1/DMYY = DATEA ;
    COMPUTE DATE2/DMYY = &DMYY ;
    COMPUTE DATE3/I5 = DATEDIF(DATE1, DATE2, 'BD') ;
    BY COUNTRY
    END

    Regards,
    Mikel

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    Posts: 173 | Location: Madrid, Spain | Registered: May 09, 2003Report This Post
    <Christopher>
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    Mikel,

    thank you very much, works very well now.

    Best regards
    Christopher
     
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