monthend - script and chart function

This function returns a value corresponding to a timestamp of the last millisecond of the last day of the month containing date. The default output format will be the DateFormat set in the script.

Syntax:  

MonthEnd(date[, period_no])

Return data type: dual

Arguments:  

Examples and results:  

These examples use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of your load script. Change the format in the examples to suit your requirements.

Example 1:  

monthend('19/02/2012')

Returns 29/02/2012 23:59:59.

Example 2:  

monthend('19/02/2001', -1)

Returns 31/01/2001 23:59:59.

Example 3:  

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.

This example finds the last day in the month of each invoice date in the table, where the base_date is shifted by four months by specifying period_no as 4.

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 *,

MonthEnd(InvDate, 4) AS MthEnd

Resident TempTable;

Drop table TempTable;

The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the monthend() function. You can display the full timestamp by specifying the formatting in the chart properties.