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Charles Richards
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How would you find the difference between 2 dates and put it in weeks, Both the dates are coming in as parameters!

Ex.

&SDATE MDYY ____3/1/2011
&EDATE MDYY ____3/15/2011

OUTPUT = I5_____2

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j.gross
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In Dialog Manager, or in Reporting Language (Define)?

How do you want to handle cases where the difference is not an exact multiple of seven days?
 
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Charles Richards
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i would just like it to be rounded to the nearest integer, and a define would work!

ex
3/7 =0
4/7 =1


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FrankDutch
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subtracting dates can be done in many ways but as j.gross asked it depends if it are database fields or DM values.

please try to get the book "1001 ...." it helps a lot in date issues.

the rounding issue was posted by me with a function you can use.




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Francis Mariani
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I would use the DATEDIF function to determine the number of days between the two dates, then divide by 7 to determine the number of weeks.


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Dan Satchell
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Or you could use legacy date function DAMDY. However, this approach assumes the input dates are always in the format 'mm/dd/yyyy', including leading zeroes.

-SET &SDATE = '03/05/2011';
-SET &EDATE = '03/15/2011';
-SET &SDATEX = EDIT(&SDATE,'99$99$9999');
-SET &EDATEX = EDIT(&EDATE,'99$99$9999');
-SET &WEEK_DIFF = (DAMDY(&EDATEX,'I8') - DAMDY(&SDATEX,'I8')) / 7 ;
-TYPE &WEEK_DIFF


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Charles Richards
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WKS/D12.2=DATEDIF(DAMDY(&SDATE, 'I8'), DAMDY(&EDATE, 'I8'), 'D');

I used the above line in my define and it doesn't seem to work, I can't seem to get this define working, is there an alturnative way, like calculating it with a compute?

INPUT

&SDATE
&EDATE


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Francis Mariani
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quote:
it doesn't seem to work, I can't seem to get this define working

When this occurs, it's helpful to tell us what error or incorrect result you got.


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Charles Richards
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it calculates it to be either a 0 or .00, when i should be getting a 1.

&SDATE = 4/30/2011
&EDATE = 5/6/2011


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Prarie
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Isn't that because the difference between those dates is 6?
 
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Dan Satchell
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If you want a DEFINE/COMPUTE, try something like this:

-SET &SDATE = '4/30/2011';
-SET &EDATE = '5/6/2011';
-*
DEFINE FILE CAR
 SDATE/MDYY WITH COUNTRY = '&SDATE';
 EDATE/MDYY WITH COUNTRY = '&EDATE';
 WEEK_DIFF/F3 = (DATEDIF(SDATE,EDATE,'D')) / 7 ;
END
-*
TABLE FILE CAR
 PRINT SDATE EDATE WEEK_DIFF
 WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1 ;
END

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Charles Richards
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SDATE/MDYY WITH COUNTRY = '&SDATE';



what does the "WITH COUNTRY" mean?

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Dan Satchell
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Remove it and find out. In multi-segment files (like the CAR file) DEFINEs must reference a real field, a previously defined field, or must have an explicit field reference (e.g., 'WITH COUNTRY'). Otherwise FOCUS does not know to which segment it should attach the DEFINEd field.

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Charles Richards
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I can't figure out what i seem to be doing wrong...

I am running the fex file and added the define variable WKS int the header as
latest attempt:

SDATE/I8MDYY = DATECVT(&SDATE,'I8MDYY','MDYY');
EDATE/I8MDYY = DATECVT(&EDATE,'I8MDYY','MDYY');
WKS/D8 = (DATEDIF(SDATE,EDATE,'D')) / 7 ;

also tried

SDATE/I8MDYY = '&SDATE';
SDATE/I8MDYY = '&EDATE';
WKS/D8 = (DATEDIF(SDATE,EDATE,'D')) / 7 ;

HINT** the dates will be coming from a calender box from the HTML Composer

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Dan Satchell
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SDATE/MDYY = '&SDATE';
EDATE/MDYY = '&EDATE';
WKS/D8 = (DATEDIF(SDATE,EDATE,'D')) / 7 ;


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Charles Richards
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Im still recieveing a 0 as the output, i even took the " / 7 " (divid by seven) out just to see if i get the difference in days and still a 0. I put the varible SDATE and EDATE in the header just to see what is getting put in them and the dates look exactly how they are suppose to, I don't know what I am doing wrong...

UPDATE: it seems to be working, but the output is 5,727

for
SDATE 04/30/2011
EDATE 05/06/2011

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Dan Satchell
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I believe 5,727 is the number of weeks between 1/1/1901 and 5/6/2011. So it appears your code is using 1/1/1901 for SDATE instead of 4/30/2011. This would indicate an error somewhere in the code that handles the incoming value for &SDATE. The value for SDATE is therefore defaulting to the FOCUS base date of 1/1/1901. Put the following statement at the top of your program so you can see what is happening in your code.

-SET &ECHO = ALL ;


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Charles Richards
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ok I added that in, but it only works upon an error...

I added this to the header to see the values
"< WKS"
"< SDATE < EDATE"

and it is giving me

5,727
04/30/2011 05/06/2011

so It appears to be using the correct values


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Francis Mariani
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Works in this test fex:

-SET &SDATE = '04/30/2011';
-SET &EDATE = '05/06/2011';

DEFINE FILE CAR
SDATE/MDYY = '&SDATE';
EDATE/MDYY = '&EDATE';
WKS/D8 = (DATEDIF(SDATE,EDATE,'D')) / 7 ;
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
SDATE
EDATE
WKS
BY COUNTRY
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
END
-RUN


Francis


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RSquared
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Have you tried using the HDIFF function. It has a type of 'WEEK'?


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Hello charles you might want to check the date output from the date control, it gives you the option to automatically pass the date as yyyymmdd otherwise you have to convert the date from mm/dd/yyyy to yyyymmdd then use the datedif function.

-SET &ECHO = 'ALL';
-DEFAULT &SDATE = '20110228';
-DEFAULT &EDATE = '20110506';

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT MODEL COUNTRY
COMPUTE DAYS/I8 = DATEDIF('&SDATE','&EDATE','D');
COMPUTE WKS/I8 = (DATEDIF('&SDATE','&EDATE','D'))/7;
END

try this


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Charles Richards
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Just tried your suggestion of HDIFF


Code:
WKS/I5 = (HDIFF('&SDATE','&EDATE','WEEK','I5'));

Echo:
WKS/I5 = (HDIFF('04/30/2011','05/06/2011','WEEK','I5'));


I can run francis's code and it works fine, then when i copy and paste it into my fex it doesn't work... i put it at the top of the fex file

might it have something to do with
SET SUMMARYLINES = NEW
thats the only code in front of it

i even hardcoded the dates in there and it still would not give me the correct values!

Code:


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Charles Richards
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quote:
-SET &SDATEX = EDIT(&SDATE,'99$99$9999');
-SET &EDATEX = EDIT(&EDATE,'99$99$9999');
-SET &WEEK_DIFF = (DAMDY(&EDATEX,'I8') - DAMDY(&SDATEX,'I8')) / 7 ;
-TYPE &WEEK_DIFF


ECHO:

-SET &SDATEX = EDIT(04/30/2011,'99$99$9999');
-SET &EDATEX = EDIT(05/06/2011,'99$99$9999');
-SET &WEEK_DIFF = (DAMDY(05062011,'I8') - DAMDY(04302011,'I8')) / 7 ;
-TYPE 0
0


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-SET &ECHO=ALL;
-SET &DATE1  = '04/30/2011';
-SET &DATE2  = '05/06/2011';
-SET &SDATEX = EDIT(&DATE1,'$$$$$$9999/') | EDIT(&DATE1,'99999');
-SET &EDATEX = EDIT(&DATE2,'$$$$$$9999/') | EDIT(&DATE2,'99999');
-SET &DIFF1  = (DATEDIF('&SDATEX.EVAL', '&EDATEX.EVAL', 'D') + 1) / 7;
-TYPE &DIFF1 
-EXIT


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Dan Satchell
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I sometimes forget about my WF environment settings. For the code below to work, DMPRECISION must be set to zero so Dialogue Manager will round up instead of truncating decimals. With DMPRECISION=0, both of these examples should work.

-SET &ECHO = ALL ;
SET DMPRECISION = 0
-RUN
-SET &SDATE = '04/30/2011';
-SET &EDATE = '05/06/2011';
-SET &SDATEX = EDIT(&SDATE,'99$99$9999');
-SET &EDATEX = EDIT(&EDATE,'99$99$9999');
-SET &WEEK_DIFF = (DAMDY(&EDATEX,'I8') - DAMDY(&SDATEX,'I8')) / 7 ;
-TYPE &WEEK_DIFF



-SET &ECHO = ALL ;
SET DMPRECISION = 0
-RUN
-SET &SDATEX = EDIT('04/30/2011','99$99$9999');
-SET &EDATEX = EDIT('05/06/2011','99$99$9999');
-SET &WEEK_DIFF = (DAMDY(&EDATEX,'I8') - DAMDY(&SDATEX,'I8')) / 7 ;
-TYPE &WEEK_DIFF


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Francis Mariani
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Charles,

I feel we're flogging a dead horse here!

Do you need a solution for Dialogue Manager or for TABLE, or both?


Francis


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Charles Richards
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Thanks for all the help. This code is what managed to work for me

SET DMPRECISION = 0
-RUN
-SET &SDATEX = EDIT(&SDATE,'$$$$$$9999/') | EDIT(&SDATE,'99999');
-SET &EDATEX = EDIT(&EDATE,'$$$$$$9999/') | EDIT(&EDATE,'99999');
-SET &DIFF1 = (DATEDIF('&SDATEX.EVAL', '&EDATEX.EVAL', 'D') + 1) / 7;
-TYPE &DIFF1


Last question is how Can i use the value "&DIFF1" in a compute or define?


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FrankDutch
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DEFINE FILE XXXX

NUMBERWEEKS/I3=&DIFF1;
END

done




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Charles Richards
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Thank you everyone for all of your help!!


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Yea!!
 
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