testing wf8206.

Essentially I need to evaluate today's date and if July (7/07??) then set a variable to TRUE otherwise FALSE.

I was able to find a function to return the current date's month. See Below. The trouble is that when I run my fex...it is always blank.

Ideas?

After that works, I must somehow code my where to say, in English..if I'm in July (CURMTH=7)then select rollingmonths = 0 or -1 or -2 otherwise just select rollingmonths = 0 or -1.


-* Get Month of Current Date
DEFINE FILE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD
CURMTH/M=DT_CURRENT_DATE();
END

TABLE FILE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD
BY LOWEST TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.FISCALYEAR
BY LOWEST TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.PERIOD
BY LOWEST TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.PERIODTEXT
BY CURMTH
-* Eventually change WHERE below: In August Pull Rolling Months 0, -1, -2
-* Otherwise only pull RollingMonths 0, -1
WHERE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.ROLLINGMONTHS EQ 0 OR -1;
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET ASNAMES ON
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLEMBEDIMG ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
END

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so here is where I am at...but the darn CURMTH is always blank!
(and I know I am using Oct (10) for testing--it should be 07..just want to make sure it works)


-* Get Month of Current Date
DEFINE FILE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD
CURMTH/M=DT_CURRENT_DATE();
FLAG/A1=IF CURMTH EQ '10' THEN 'T' ELSE 'F';
END
TABLE FILE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD
BY LOWEST TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.FISCALYEAR
BY LOWEST TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.PERIOD
BY LOWEST TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.PERIODTEXT
BY LOWEST CURMTH
BY FLAG

-IF FLAG = 'T' THEN GOTO JULYWHERE ELSE GOTO OTHERWHERE;

-JULYWHERE
WHERE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.ROLLINGYEARS EQ 1 OR 0 OR -1;
-GOTO CONTINUE

-OTHERWHERE
WHERE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.ROLLINGYEARS EQ 0 OR -1;

-CONTINUE
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET ASNAMES ON
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLEMBEDIMG ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
END

Robert

Since you date table seems to be having an issue how about trying this.

-SET &MONTH=EDIT(&YYMD,'$$$$99');
DEFINE FILE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD
CURMTH/I2=&MONTH;
FLAG/A1=IF CURMTH EQ '10' THEN 'T' ELSE 'F';
END


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Or try this:

  
CURRDT/YYMD=DT_CURRENT_DATE();
CURR_MNT/M=CURRDT;

You could set a variable:

-SET &Roll07 = IF &DATEM EQ 7 THEN 'OR -2' ELSE ' ';

Then in your WHERE statement:

WHERE TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.TBLMSTR_CALENDARPERIOD.ROLLINGMONTHS EQ 0 OR -1 &Roll07;

You can use this set statement at the beginning of your procedure for testing:

 SET TESTDATE=20190701
-RUN

You need to truncate the date first:

 
DEFINE FILE CAR
CURMTH/M=DTRUNC(DT_CURRENT_DATE(),MONTH);
END

TABLE FILE CAR
BY LOWEST COUNTRY
BY LOWEST MODEL
BY LOWEST SEATS
BY CURMTH

ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET ASNAMES ON
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLEMBEDIMG ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
END
 

And the date selection can be done like this:

 
DEFINE FILE CAR
CURMTH/M=DTRUNC(DT_CURRENT_DATE(),MONTH);
STARTMONTH/I1=IF CURMTH EQ 7 THEN -2 ELSE -1;
END

TABLE FILE CAR
BY LOWEST COUNTRY
BY LOWEST MODEL
BY LOWEST SEATS
BY CURMTH
BY STARTMONTH

-* SEATS will be the ROLLINGMONTHS, in your case the value will be 0
WHERE SEATS LE 5
WHERE SEATS GE STARTMONTH
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET ASNAMES ON
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLEMBEDIMG ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
END
 

Just to clarify, it's important to remember the difference between new dates and datetimes. For instance, the function DT_CURRENT_DATE returns a *datetime* not a newdate. So, normally one would code:

MYDTIME/HYYMDS = DT_CURRENT_DATE();

To obtain the datetime, and then

MYMON/M = MYDTIME;

to get the *newdate* (M). Also, remember that automatic conversion from a datetime to a newdate is relatively new, starting with 7.7.6. Before this, one would need a datetime function to get the month value directly from a datetime. Also, two steps are needed to get the newdate (M) from a datetime: the following (currently) does not work:

MYMON/M = DT_CURRENT_DATE();

Now, as noted by others here, *unless you really need a datetime* you should not use DT_CURRENT_DATE(). The simplest way to get the current month is to just use the system variable &DATEM:

MYMON/M = &DATEM;

In the old days, &DATEM did not exist, and so one would code:

MYTODAY/YYMD = &YYMD;
MYTODM/M WITH COUNTRY = MYTODAY ;

Finally, remember that the M newdate is not really a date but rather a date component. It's just that the expression compiler knows how to extract date components without calling a subroutine:

MYTODAY/YYMD = &YYMD ;
MYTODD/D WITH COUNTRY = MYTODAY ;
MYTODM/M WITH COUNTRY = MYTODAY ;
MYTODY/YY WITH COUNTRY = MYTODAY ;

Good one about &DATEM, why is this parameter not listed if you do

-? &

quote:

Originally posted by Frans:
Good one about &DATEM, why is this parameter not listed if you do

-? &

Probably because you can put any valid date format after &DATE, i.e. &DATEY, &DATEYY, &DATED, &DATEMDYY, &DATEYYMD, &DATEMtRDYY, &DATEMtDYY, &DATEMTrDYY, &DATEW, &DATEQ, etc.

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