Thank you for pointing that out. No we are not using DOS. I am trying to update an application that was created a very long time ago so that is great to learn.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:19 AM, karentellef via RBASE-L < [email protected]> wrote: > This is what I use to get last day of the month: > > SET VAR vEndDate DATE = ((ADDMON(.vStartDate,1))-1) > > Are you using DOS? If you aren't, I'd suggest getting away from using the > "fillin" command. That's an old holdover from DOS days, I wouldn't be > surprised if at some point it becomes an obsolete command. Use Dialog > instead. > > Karen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kaleb Wade <[email protected]> > To: RBASE-L <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 8:07 am > Subject: [RBASE-L] - date question > > I am trying to set two variables using one date given by user. Whatever > date is given by user, I want to find the first date of the month and the > last date of the month. Below is a simplified version of what I am trying > to do. > > FILLIN vdate1 USING 'ENTER THE DATE :' > > SET VAR vdate3 = (RDATE((IMON(.vdate1)),01,(IYR(.vdate1)))) > SET VAR vdate4 = (RDATE((IMON(.vdate1)),31,(IYR(.vdate1)))) > > The first date of the month is working fine. I cannot figure out how to > get the last date of the month, since there are a different number of days > in each month. > > Does anyone have a suggestion? > > Thank you! > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbase-l/H4IA4tvwls8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *Kaleb Wade, *Head of Operations 2600 N. Stemmons Frwy., Ste. 117 Dallas, TX 75207 Ph: (214) 638-0484 │ Fx: (214) 630-5140 *kdstudio.com* <http://kdstudio.com/> <http://www.kdstudio.com> <https://www.facebook.com/kdconservatory/> <https://twitter.com/KD_Conservatory> <https://www.instagram.com/kd_conservatory/> <https://www.youtube.com/user/KDStudio1> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
