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Quote bradlee27514 Replybullet Topic: Some Strange Date Formulas
     Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 8:28am
I'm sure this is possible, but can't seem to figure the coding out.

I have a report I want to run any given day and select data based on a start date and an end date.

I want the start date to be day 1 of 3 months ago.
I want the end date to be the last day of the last month.

For example,
If the report was run on April 26th
start date = 1/1/2010
end date = 3/31/10

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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 8:44am

{table.date} in dateserial(year(currentdate),(month(currentdate))-3,1) to dateserial(year(currentdate),month(currentdate),1-1)
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Quote bradlee27514 Replybullet Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 8:47am
this would go in a formula?  im not  reading the dates from a db, they are manipulations off current date.   going to use in the selection criteria.
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 8:55am

It goes in the select expert.

Replace the {table.date} with the field you are evaluating in the DB (your row date that you want to include). The rest of the statmetn is based off of todays date
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Quote bradlee27514 Replybullet Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 9:37am
oh i see, so if i wanted to say put the end date in a formula to output elsewhere, i would entere "dateserial(year(currentdate),month(currentdate),1-1)"

thanks!  im just so used to using formulas and then sticking the logic in the select expert referencing the formulas.  thanks!!!
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