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:

Argument	Description
date	The date to evaluate.
period_no	period_no is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the year which contains date. Negative values in period_no indicate preceding years and positive values indicate succeeding years.
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. The display value will then be a string showing two years.

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.

Script examples
Example	Result
yearname ( '19/10/2001')	Returns 2001.
yearname ( '19/10/2001', -1 )	Returns '2000.
yearname ( '19/10/2001', 0, 4)	Returns '2001-2002.

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 first day in the year of each invoice date in the table, where the first month in the year is specified as month 4.

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.

Results table
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

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