I tried this already and also using IYR4 instead of IYR with and without the dots infront of the variables. No combination has worked thus far. I'm thinking it may a misplaced parentheses in the year section.
On Saturday, March 5, 2016, Jim Belisle <[email protected]> wrote: > Try putting a dot in front of the date variable in your equation. > SET VAR bdate2 = (RDATE((IMON(.bdate)),(IDAY(.bdate)),(IYR(.bdate))-1)) > SET VAR sdate2 = (RDATE((IMON(.sdate)),(IDAY(.sdate)),(IYR(.sdate))-1)) > > James Belisle > > Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 > [cid:[email protected]] > > From: [email protected] <javascript:;> [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Kaleb Wade > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 2:52 PM > To: Jim Belisle > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Help with RDATE function > > I am trying to use the following for a user to provide a beginning date > (bdate) and ending date (sdate) and a variable to be set for the same month > and day, but for the prior year. I have exhausted every possibility I can > come up with. Any help would be very much appreciated. > > My settings are: > Date format: mm/dd/yyyy > Date sequence: mm/dd/yy > > Using R:BASE X for Windows > > > SET VAR bdate DATE > SET VAR sdate DATE > SET VAR bdate2 DATE > SET VAR sdate2 DATE > FILLIN bdate USING 'ENTER THE BEGINNING DATE :' > FILLIN sdate USING 'ENTER THE ENDING DATE :' > SET VAR bdate2 = (RDATE((IMON(bdate)),(IDAY(bdate)),(IYR(bdate))-1)) > SET VAR sdate2 = (RDATE((IMON(sdate)),(IDAY(sdate)),(IYR(sdate))-1)) > > > Kaleb Wade > [email protected] <javascript:;><mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
