Re: Incrementing dates, subtracting two dates

* Calculate 45 days in the future, starting from the current date.  
*  
*  @SYFDATE1 = *ISO date field containing the date plus the additional 14 
days.
*  @SYFDATE2 = 7/0 numeric field containing the date plus the additional 
14 days. 
*              This is the one to be used on the calculations.   
*  
*  Step #1: Identify the date in *CYMD format, using BIF %DATE.   
*  Step #2: Add 14 days to the date, using BIF %DAYS.  Save the result in 
an *ISO date field.
*  Step #3: Take resulting value and change the format to be *CHAR with    
 
*           *CYMD format, using BIF %CHAR.  
*  Step #4: Get the integer part of the value, using BIF %INT.   
*            Save the result.  
/Free  
     @SYFDATE1 = %date(#SYDAT:*cymd) + %days(45);  
     @SYFDATE2 = %int(%char(@SYFDATE1:*cymd0));  
/End-Free 


Peter Vidal 
PALL Corporation / SR Programmer Analyst, IT Development Group
10540 Ridge Rd., Ste 203, New Port Richey, FL 34654-5111
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