Mongo only small pawn in game of leap years.... I'm sure by then all of my code will be obsolete and that the technology that replaces computers will be beyond anything I can even imagine!!!!
I read somewhere that some smart guy figured out how to transport a photon and one of the possible applications will be a zero wait state memory device. Beam me up Scotty! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard A. Wilson Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 1:38 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Finding last day of month 2100 & 2300 aren't leap years. I guess it depends on the application, antiques, historical dates etc. or future dates like when you will be fully vested in your retirement acct. <g> Rich Allen E. Elwood wrote: > So...it won't be a problem until 2,400? I can live with that. And I'm > gettin' up there in my years too. Just turned 49 last March. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard A. > Wilson > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:29 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Finding last day of month > > > you cant just use mod(x,4) logic > > the following from some website (dont remember where/when I found it) > *** > The rule for leap years is that all years divisable by 4 are leap years, > except > those years divisable by 100. The exception is that years divisible by 400 > are > leap years > **** > of course only us old foggies that used pick way back when remember this <g> > > Rich > > Allen E. Elwood wrote: > > >>I've always used the simple method. >> >>*Initialization section >>END.DATES = '31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31' >>END.DATES = CHANGE(END.DATES,',',@AM) >> >>*Main loop section >>LAST.DATE = END.DATES<MONTH> >>IF MONTH = 2 AND NOT(MOD(YEAR,4)) THEN LAST.DATE+=1 >> >>btw, there may be an error in this, my allergies are truly messing with my >>head today.....and for the last week....Gaaa >> >>Allen >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dianne Ackerman >>Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:21 AM >>To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >>Subject: Re: [U2] Finding last day of month >> >> >>That method can actually backfire, for example, if your starting date is >>20040130, you'll end up on Feb 29 instead of Jan 31. What I would do is >>replace the day with 01 and add 1 to the month, then iconv and subtract >>1 day. >>-Dianne >> >>Marco Manyevere wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Given a date like 20040203, I want to return the last valid date for that >> >>month and year (20040229 in this case). What is the shortest code fragment >>to achieve this? >> >> >>>At the moment I'm replacing the day with 01, then iconv, add 35 days to > > the > >>internal date and then oconv and replace the day again with 01. I'm then > > on > >>the first day of the next month. I then iconv, subtract 1 day and oconv. >> >> >>>Thanks for any help. >> >>------- >>u2-users mailing list >>u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >>To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >>------- >>u2-users mailing list >>u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >>To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> >> > > > -- > Richard A. Wilson > Lakeside Systems > Smithfield, RI, USA > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > -- Richard A. Wilson Lakeside Systems Smithfield, RI, USA Voice 401-231-3959 Fax 206-202-2064 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lakeside-systems.com ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
