# yearname - script and chart function

This function returns a four-digit year as display value with an underlying numeric value corresponding to a timestamp of the first millisecond of the first day of the year containing date.

Syntax:

YearName(date[, period\_no[, first\_month\_of\_year]] )

**Return data type:** dual

Arguments:

YearName arguments

| Argument | Description |
| --- | --- |
| date | The date to evaluate. |
| period\_no | period\_no is an integer, where the value<br>0 indicates the year which contains date.<br>Negative values in period\_no indicate<br>preceding years and positive values indicate succeeding years. |
| first\_month\_of\_year | If you<br>want to work with (fiscal) years not starting in January, indicate<br>a value between 2 and 12 in first\_month\_of\_year.<br>The display value will then be a string showing two years. |

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:

`yearname ( '19/10/2001')`

Returns 2001.

Example 2:

`yearname ( '19/10/2001', -1 )`

Returns '2000.

Example 3:

`yearname ( '19/10/2001', 0, 4)`

Returns '2001-2002.

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.

This example creates a four-plus-four digit name for the years in which each invoice date in the table is found. This is because the first month in the year is specified as month 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 *,` `YearName(InvDate,  0, 4) AS YrName` `Resident TempTable;`

`Drop table TempTable;`

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

Example 4 results

| InvDate | YrName |
| --- | --- |
| 28/03/2012 | 2011-2012 |
| 10/12/2012 | 2012-2013 |
| 5/2/2013 | 2012-2013 |
| 31/3/2013 | 2012-2013 |
| 19/5/2013 | 2013-2014 |
| 15/9/2013 | 2013-2014 |
| 11/12/2013 | 2013-2014 |
| 2/3/2014 | 2013-2014 |
| 14/5/2014 | 2014-2015 |
| 13/6/2014 | 2014-2015 |
| 7/7/2014 | 2014-2015 |
| 4/8/2014 | 2014-2015 |