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inmonthtodate - script and chart function

Returns True if timestamp lies inside the part of month containing base_date up until and including the last millisecond of base_date.

Syntax:  

InMonthToDate (timestamp, base_date, period_no)

Return data type: Boolean

Arguments:  

InMonthToDate arguments
Argument Description
timestamp The date that you want to compare with base_date.
base_date Date that is used to evaluate the month.
period_no

The month can be offset by period_no. period_no is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the month which contains base_date. Negative values in period_no indicate preceding months and positive values indicate succeeding months.

Example 1:  

inmonthtodate ('25/01/2013', '25/01/2013', 0)

Returns True

Example 2:  

inmonthtodate ('25/01/2013', '24/01/2013', 0)

Returns False

Example 3:  

inmonthtodate ('25/01/2013', '28/02/2013', -1)

Returns True

Example 4:  

Add the example script to your document and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your document to see the result.

By specifying period_no as 4, this example checks if an invoice date falls in the fourth month after the month in base_date but before the end of the day specified in base_date.

TempTable:

LOAD RecNo() as InvID, * Inline [

InvDate

28/03/2012

10/12/2012

5/2/2013

31/3/2013

19/5/2013

15/9/2013

11/12/2013

2/3/2014

14/5/2014

13/6/2014

7/7/2014

4/8/2014

];

 

InvoiceData:

LOAD *,

InMonthToDate(InvDate, '31/01/2013', 4) AS InMthPlus42D

Resident TempTable;

Drop table TempTable;

The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the inmonthtodate() function.

Example 4 results
InvDate InMthPlus42D
28/03/2012 0 (False)
10/12/2012 0 (False)
5/2/2013 0 (False)
31/3/2013 0 (False)
19/5/2013 -1 (True)
15/9/2013 0 (False)
11/12/2013 0 (False)
2/3/2014 0 (False)
14/5/2014 0 (False)
13/6/2014 0 (False)
7/7/2014 0 (False)
4/8/2014 0 (False)

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