Re: Date question

Okay, I thought I was clear, but I guess I wasn't.  My user wants a month
to be considered any date in the previous month is 1 month, any date in 2
months previous is 2 months etc.

For example:

Today is June 1 2001.  Therefore any date in May 2001 is 1 month old, any
date in April 2001 is 2 months old, any date in July 2001 is -1 months, any
date in June 2001 is 0 months old.  This holds true for ANY date in June
2001.  Basically I need to calculate the amount of months that have elasped
without using the DAY portion of the month.

Hope this clears it up





                                                                                
                                      
                    Jim Langston                                                
                                      
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Well, technically there is one month between May 31st, 2001 and June 1st,
2001.
Also, there is one day between those same dates.  It all depends on what
your
definition of a month is.

What, exactly, are you looking for?  Are you considering a month anything
greater
that 15 days?  30 days?  31 days?  28 days except in a leap year?  A month
anything
greater than the number of days in a current month?  All would produce
different
results for the same beginning and ending dates.  Each would also have a
different
method of calculating the values.

If you can explain what it is you want, I'm sure we have a way to produce
those
results.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!






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