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<Vijaya>
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Can somebody please help me with some dates calc.

I am using the following to calculate the 1st date of this month and the current date.

-SET &START_DATE = EDIT(&DATEYYMD,'99999999') || '01';
-SET &END_DATE = &DATEYYMD;

I need to calculate the 1st date of last month and the last date of last month.

These have to be variables as I use them with conditional 'if' statements.

thanks
vijaya
 
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jimster06
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FOCUS and WebFOCUS have a number of powerful date functions. They can be examined in the Technical Documentation Library that is accessible from the upper right of this screen.
Check EOM and BOM.
HTH
 
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<Pietro De Santis>
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End of month, use the DATEMOV function:

-SET &EOMDATE =
- DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&SYSTEM_DATE,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'EOM')),'YYMD','I8YYMD');

The DATECVT function is required in Dialog Manager to convert the text date into a date format.

End of last month, use the AYM command to subtract one from the current month, then use the DATEMOV function:

-SET &WS_YYMM = EDIT(&SYSTEM_DATE,'999999');
-SET &WS_YYMM1 = AYM(&WS_YYMM, -1, 'I6');
-SET &WS_YYMMDD1 = &WS_YYMM1 || '01';
-SET &EFFDATE =
- DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&WS_YYMMDD1,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'EOM')),'YYMD','I8YYMD');
-END_ME_DATE

I hope this helps.
 
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<Vijaya>
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Thank you. I had tweak it a little. But this worked. Thanks once again.
 
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JohnB
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This is a variation of the intial request.

I find working with functions fairly easy when using them with fields, but tend to have difficulties when using them with amper variables.

How would you change &START_DATE's value from I8YYMD to MtrDYY?

For example 20070122 should be traslated to January 22, 2007.

Thanks,

John


WF 7.7.03, Windows 7, HTML, Excel, PDF
 
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Alan B
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Almost, very easily:

-SET &START = 20070122;
-SET &NEWSTART = CHGDAT('YYMD','MDYYX',&START,'A17');

Gives JANUARY 22 2007


Alan.
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Prarie
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Nice.


In Focus since 1993. WebFOCUS 7.7.03 Win 2003
 
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FrankDutch
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Alan

Did you use the function to do this in your mother language?

Frank




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databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
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Alan B
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Yes Frank, just coming to that.
-SET &START=20070122;
-SET &YY = EDIT(&START,'9999');
-SET &M = EDIT(&START,'$$$$99');
-SET &D = EDIT(&START,'$$$$$$99');

-SET &NEWM = DATETRAN (&M, '(M)', '(tr)', 'EN', 40, 'A40');

-SET &NEWDATE = &NEWM || (' '| &D | ', ' | &YY);
-TYPE &NEWDATE

Gives January 22, 2007.

Change EN to PT gives Janeiro 22, 2007.


Alan.
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Danny-SRL
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John and Vijaya,

Try this:
-SET &NOW='20070122';
-SET &SHOW=DATETRAN(DATECVT(&NOW, 'I8YYMD', 'DMYY'), '(MDYY)', '(trD)', 'EN', 40, 'A40') ;
-TYPE &NOW &SHOW


Daniel
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Alan B
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Oh Nice. Forgot about DATECVT.


Alan.
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mgrackin
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There is a book by John Price which discusses EVERYTHING about dates which you may want to buy a copy of.


"(almost) 1001 Ways to Work with DATES in WebFOCUS"


Thanks!

Mickey

FOCUS/WebFOCUS 1990 - 2011
 
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JohnB
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Danny,

EXCELLENT!



Mickey,

What's the ISBN # of the book?


hanks,

John


WF 7.7.03, Windows 7, HTML, Excel, PDF
 
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<DocServices>
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Hi John,

Information Builders is now the worldwide, exclusive publisher of John W. Price's Keysheet Guides, previously published by Aviter Inc. The (Almost) 1001 Ways to Work With Dates for WebFOCUS book can be purchased through our Technical Documentation Library website: http://documentation.informationbuilders.com/masterindex/keysheet_manuals.asp

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Jenn
 
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FrankDutch
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Daniel
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www.srl.co.il



I admired your website....
looks impressive.




Frank
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databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
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