just ran your script as is.. and the date is fine for me output:
today is 2002-8-12 yesterday is 2002-8-11 the previous business day is 20020809 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nikola Janceski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 2:06 PM > To: 'Ian Zapczynski'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: add_delta_workdays from Date::Calendar not returning what > I'd expect > > > you know that 7 is Sunday? > you know that 1 is Monday? > right? (this confused me to death for a long time with Date::Calc) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Zapczynski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:58 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: add_delta_workdays from Date::Calendar not > returning what I'd > > expect > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I hope this is not too specific for this list. If so, please let me > > know if you have suggestions on a better place to seek the > answer for > > this. > > > > In the code below, I am using add_delta_workdays from > > Date::Calendar to > > check if yesterday was a business day. My problem is that > it seems to > > work when checking for holidays, but when the script runs on > > a Saturday > > or Sunday, it reports that the previous business day was > Thursday, and > > *not* Friday as I'd expect. However, on a Monday, it properly > > identifies the previous business day as the previous > Friday. So I am > > quite perplexed. > > > > If anyone out there has a moment to lend some insight, this > script can > > be easily tested by first running it with the system date > set properly > > as today, and then setting the date to be either Saturday, > August 10th > > or Sunday, August 11th (although it happens with any Saturday > > or Sunday > > I've tried). The dates are not printed out in the same > > precise format, > > but you'll get the idea. > > > > I hesitate to assume this would be a bug in the module since > > it has been > > a stable release for so long, so I could really use another > > opinion. Or > > if you don't receive the same results, perhaps it could be > > something in > > my environment. > > > > Thanks!! > > > > -Ian > > > > ----- > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > # > > use strict; > > use Date::Calc qw(:all); > > use Date::Calendar; > > use Date::Calendar::Profiles qw( $Profiles ); > > > > my ($year,$month,$day) = Date::Calc->Today(); > > > > # figure out what day yesterday was so we can determine if > it matches > > the previous business day > > my ($yesteryear,$yestermonth,$yesterday) = > > Add_Delta_Days($year,$month,$day, -1); > > > > # now find out what Date::Calendar says the previous business day is > > based on the standard US profile > > my ($cal) = Date::Calendar->new( $Profiles->{'US'} ); > > my ($prevdate) = $cal->add_delta_workdays($year,$month,$day, -1); > > > > print "today is $year-$month-$day \n"; > > print "yesterday is $yesteryear-$yestermonth-$yesterday \n"; > > print "the previous business day is $prevdate \n"; > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > -------------------- > The views and opinions expressed in this email message are > the sender's > own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit > Systems Inc. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
