inyear - script and chart function

This function returns True if timestamp lies inside the year containing base_date.

Syntax:

InYear (timestamp, base_date, period_no [, first_month_of_year])

Return data type: Boolean

Arguments:

Argument	Description
timestamp	The date that you want to compare with base_date.
base_date	Date that is used to evaluate the year.
period_no	The year can be offset by period_no. period_no is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the year that contains base_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.

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.

Example

Result

inyear ('25/01/2013', '01/01/2013', 0 )

Returns True

inyear ('25/01/2012', '01/01/2013', 0)

Returns False

inyear ('25/01/2013', '01/01/2013', -1)

Returns False

inyear ('25/01/2012', '01/01/2013', -1 )

Returns True

inyear ('25/01/2013', '01/01/2013', 0, 3)

Returns False The value of base_date and first_month_of_year specify that timestamp must fall within 01/03/2012 and 28/02/2013

inyear ('25/03/2013', '2013/07/01', 0, 3 )

Returns True

Add the example script to your app and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app to see the result.

This example checks if an invoice date falls in the fiscal year specified by setting the value of first_month_of_year to 4, and having the base_date between 1/4/2012 and 31/03/2013.

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

];

Test if InvDate is in the financial year 1/04/2012 to 31/03/2013:

InvoiceData:

LOAD *,

InYear(InvDate, '31/01/2013', 0, 4) AS FinYr1213

Resident TempTable;

Drop table TempTable;

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

InvDate	FinYr1213
28/03/2012	0 (False)
10/12/2012	-1 (True)
5/2/2013	-1 (True)
31/3/2013	-1 (True)
19/5/2013	0 (False)
15/9/2013	0 (False)
11/12/2013	0 (False)
2/3/2014	0 (False)
14/5/2014	0 (False)
13/6/2014	0 (False)
7/7/2014	0 (False)
4/8/2014	0 (False)

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