The dateadd function does this. Just give the dateadd function a "number"
of -7. Something like:
<cfset newdate=dateadd("d",-7,now())>
HTH,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Broussard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:20 AM
Subject: simple date problem major brain fart
> Lets say CurrentDate is 9/7/2000 and you need to do a check to see if
> DateToCheck is equal to or greater than CurrentDate - 7 days. if you
> subtract 7 from the days you get 9/0/2000 which is an invalid date. Is
there
> an easy way to do this?
>
> Please help, my brain is full of gas
>
> Art
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