I did it like this and was able to get it to work, now I am just curious as to whether this is the most efficient(or just efficient) way to do it.
<!---Begin ProRated Calculation Code---> <!---Variable Initialization---> <cfset Month=#DatePart('m',GetDate.HireDate)#> <hr>CFSwitch Expression=Month::#Month#<hr> <!---IF Day is 1 determine Month then set Multiplier---> <cfif GetDate.HireDate is not "" and DatePart('d',GetDate.HireDate) is 1> <CFSwitch expression="#Month#"> <cfcase value="1"> <cfset Multiplier=12/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase> <cfcase value="2"> <cfset Multiplier=11/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="3"> <cfset Multiplier=10/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="4"> <cfset Multiplier=9/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="5"> <cfset Multiplier=8/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="6"> <cfset Multiplier=7/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="7"> <cfset Multiplier=6/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="8"> <cfset Multiplier=5/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="9"> <cfset Multiplier=4/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="10"> <cfset Multiplier=3/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="11"> <cfset Multiplier=2/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="12"> <cfset Multiplier=1/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase> </cfswitch> <!---IF Day is 2 or Greater determine Month then set Multiplier---> <cfelse> <CFSwitch expression="#Month#"> <cfcase value="1"> <cfset Multiplier=11/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase> <cfcase value="2"> <cfset Multiplier=10/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="3"> <cfset Multiplier=9/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="4"> <cfset Multiplier=8/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="5"> <cfset Multiplier=7/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="6"> <cfset Multiplier=6/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="7"> <cfset Multiplier=5/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="8"> <cfset Multiplier=4/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="9"> <cfset Multiplier=3/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="10"> <cfset Multiplier=2/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase><cfcase value="11"> <cfset Multiplier=1/12> #Multiplier# </cfcase> </cfswitch> </cfif> </cfoutput> <!---End ProRated Calculation Code---> >From: Cameron Childress" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: CF Prorating Based Date Expression >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:41:48 -0500 > >Do you only want to prorate by month? If I understand your question, you >can do it pretty easy down to the day. Look at the DayofYear() function. >Something like this should work: > >CFSCRIPT > >if(IsLeapYear(Year(HireDate))) { > daysInYear = 366; >}else{ > daysInYear = 365; >} > >YearPartEmployed = (daysInYear-DayofYear(HireDate))/daysInYear; > >/CFSCRIPT > >-Cameron > >-------------------- >Cameron Childress >elliptIQ Inc. >p.770.460.1035.232 >f.770.460.0963 >-- >http://www.neighborware.com >America's Leading Community Network Software > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:David D > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:33 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: CF Prorating Based Date Expression > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I am looking to calculate based on the HireDate vs. the YearBegin Date. > > > > Ex: employee was hired 1/1/2002 which is YearBegin Date and shall > > therefore > > be calculated at 12/12 or 100%. > > > > Ex2: employee was hired on 2/1/2002 versus YearBegin of 1/1/2002 and > > therefore calculations should be based on 11/12 or 91.6% > > > > Example 3 (where it gets hairy or at least hairier): is where > > employee was > > hired on 2/2/2002 and therefore should calculate at 10/12 since he >wasn't > > there for the 1st. > > > > I was trying to use DateCompare() and then saw DateDiff() but they don's > > seem to differentiate between another month based on the day not > > being the > > first, ie. DateDiff is saying that 2/1/2002 is 1 month past > > 1/1/2002 and it > > also says that 2/2/2002 is also 1 month past, instead of 2. > > > > Any ideas on to how I should proceed with this would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists