Re: Date question

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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!

Tyra_Brodsky@vfc.com wrote:
> 
> I am trying to write a procedure that will bring back the number of months
> between 2 dates.  The problem is that SUBDUR doesn't give me the number I
> want.  For example, the number of months between any day in June 2001 and
> any day in July 2001 is 1 month, June 2001 and August 2001 is 2 months,
> etc.  Does anyone have a solution.  We are on V4R4.
> 
> I tried Jim Langston response on 5/31/01 to Date Math....but that didn't
> work for my problem
> 
> TIA
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