This function returns a value corresponding to a timestamp of the last millisecond of the last day (Sunday) of the calendar week containing date The default output format will be the DateFormat set in the script.
Syntax:
WeekEnd(date [, period_no[, first_week_day]])
Return data type: dual
Arguments:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| date | The date to evaluate. |
| period_no | shift is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the week which contains date. Negative values in shift indicate preceding weeks and positive values indicate succeeding weeks. |
| first_week_day |
Specifies the day on which the week starts. If omitted, the value of variable FirstWeekDay is used. The possible values first_week_day are:
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Example:
Add the example script to your app and run it. To see the result, add the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app.
This example finds the final day in the week following the week of each invoice date in the table.
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 *,
WeekEnd(InvDate, 1) AS WkEnd
Resident TempTable;
Drop table TempTable;
The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the weekend() function. You can display the full timestamp by specifying the formatting in the properties panel.
| InvDate | WkEnd |
| 28/03/2012 | 08/04/2012 |
| 10/12/2012 | 23/12/2012 |
| 5/2/2013 | 17/02/2013 |
| 31/3/2013 | 07/04/2013 |
| 19/5/2013 | 26/05/2013 |
| 15/9/2013 | 22/09/2013 |
| 11/12/2013 | 22/12/2013 |
| 2/3/2014 | 09/03/2014 |
| 14/5/2014 | 25/05/2014 |
| 13/6/2014 | 22/06/2014 |
| 7/7/2014 | 20/07/2014 |
| 4/8/2014 | 17/08/2014 |