Date calculations
Kristina Carlton
Kristina.Carlton@JICompanies.com
Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:11:59 -0600
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Yesterday some emails were exchanged on calculating dates and that "DATE -
1" came up with an incorrect date of 02.00.2005. I calculate my date with
the following syntax:
DEFINE RUNDT DATE = DATE(DAYS(SYSDATE - 1))
This has worked every night except yesterday - February 1st. When I display
RUNDT it actually has Januray 31st, 2005 but when I run the extract I get
zero records. If I hard code January 31st, 2005 I do get records back. Am I
doing something wrong? I got my data, but I would like to understand why
this is happening.
We have OpenVMS V7.3-2 and I am using a Quiz extract.
Thanks,
Kristina Carlton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
The JI Companies
Kristina.Carlton@JICompanies.com
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calculate my date with the
following syntax:<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>
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12.0pt'>DEFINE RUNDT DATE<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes">
</span>=3D DATE(DAYS(SYSDATE - =
1))<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle15><font size=3D1 =
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color=3Dnavy
face=3D"Century Gothic"><span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt'><span =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt'>This has worked every night except yesterday – February =
1<sup>st</sup>.
When I display RUNDT it actually has Januray 31<sup>st</sup>, 2005 but =
when I
run the extract I get zero records. If I hard code January =
31<sup>st</sup>,
2005 I do get records back. Am I doing something wrong? I got my data, =
but I
would like to understand why this is =
happening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>
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face=3D"Century Gothic"><span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt'><span =
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12.0pt'>We have OpenVMS V7.3-2 and I am using a Quiz =
extract.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle15><font size=3D1 =
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class=3DEmailStyle15><font color=3Dnavy>Kristina =
Carlton<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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