BusinessDate

 

 

 

BusinessDate

 

Description

Returns the most recent past date that was a valid business day relative to a specific input date.

 

Arguments

1.BusinessDate - Name of the Macro.

2.Input Date - The date to process.  For example, 01-Jan-2013.

3.Input DateTime Format - The .NET format string for the input date.  For example, dd-MMM-yyyy.

4.Output DateTime Format - The .NET format string for the output date.  For example, dd-MMM-yyyy.

5.Offset Days - The number of days by which to offset the input date.  For example, 0.

6.Filter - The values are UMTWRFS as found in s[U]nday, [M]onday, [T]uesday, [W]ednesday, thu[R]sday, [F]riday, [S]aturday.

 

Examples

 

[BusinessDate|31-Mar-2013|dd-MMM-yyyy|dd-MMM-yyyy|0|MTWRF]

March 31st is a Sunday, the filter is examining MTWRF, the most recent past weekday would be Friday, so the resulting output would be Friday's date 29-Mar-2013.

 

[BusinessDate|31-Mar-2013|dd-MMM-yyyy|yyyy-MM-dd|0|MTWRF]

The resulting output would be 2013-03-29.

 

[BusinessDate|31-Mar-2013|dd-MMM-yyyy|yyyy-MM-dd|-2|MTWRF]

March 31st is a Sunday, the filter is examining MTWRF, the most recent past weekday would be Friday, the number of offset days is -2, so the resulting output would be Wednesday's date 2013-03-27.

 

[BusinessDate|31-Mar-2013|dd-MMM-yyyy|yyyy-MM-dd|0|MTWR]

March 31st is a Sunday, the filter is examining MTWR, the most recent past weekday would be Thursday, so the resulting output would be Thursday's date 2013-03-28.

 

Notes

For a complete list of formatting options see the Date and Time Format Strings topic elsewhere in help.

 


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