This function returns
a value corresponding to a timestamp of the last millisecond of the month, bi-month, quarter, tertial, or half-year containing a base date. It is also possible to find the timestamp for a previous or following time period.
The number of months that defines the period. An integer or expression that resolves to an integer that must be one of: 1 (equivalent to the inmonth() function), 2 (bi-month), 3 (equivalent to the inquarter() function), 4 (tertial), or 6 (half year).
date
The date to evaluate.
period_no
The period can be offset by period_no, an integer, or expression resolving to an integer, where the value 0 indicates the period that contains base_date. Negative values in period_no indicate preceding periods and
positive values indicate succeeding periods.
first_month_of_year
If you
want to work with (fiscal) years not starting in January, indicate
a value between 2 and 12 in first_month_of_year.
These examples use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of your data load script. Change the format in the examples to suit your requirements.
Scripting examples
Example
Result
monthsend(4, '19/07/2013')
Returns 31/08/2013.
monthsend(4, '19/10/2013', -1)
Returns 31/08/2013.
monthsend(4, '19/10/2013', 0, 2)
Returns 31/01/2014. Because the start of the year becomes month 2.
Example:
Add the example script to your app and run it. Then add the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app to see the result.
This example finds the end of the final day of bi-month period for each invoice date, shifted forwards by one bi-month period.
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 *,
MonthsEnd(2, InvDate, 1) AS BiMthsEnd
Resident TempTable;
Drop table TempTable;
The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the MonthsEnd() function.
Results table
InvDate
BiMthsEnd
28/03/2012
30/06/2012
10/12/2012
28/02/2013
5/2/2013
30/04/2013
31/3/2013
30/04/2013
19/5/2013
31/08/2013
15/9/2013
31/12/2013
11/12/2013
28/02/2014
2/3/2014
30/06/2014
14/5/2014
31/08/2014
13/6/2014
31/08/2014
7/7/2014
31/10/2014
4/8/2014
31/10/2014
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