prevwkday(X)
Returns the date of the last weekday on or before a date-related value.
Syntax
prevwkday(X)
Input
Argument | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
X |
any numeric type | A scalar value or the name of a column
containing date-related values Valid values can be of the form:
|
For more information, see Dates and time.
Return Value
If the input values are not in one of the supported formats listed above, the function returns an erroneous or illogical output.
Example
In the Hourly U.S. Weather (1993) table
(pub.demo.weather.hourly93), you can create a computed column that
displays an integer value corresponding to the last weekday on or before the
date value in the column named date
:
<base table="pub.demo.weather.hourly93"/> <willbe name="example" value="prevwkday(date)" label="Previous Weekday"/> <colord cols="date,example"/>
For a date value of 06/16/93
(X
=19930616), the result would be 06/16/93.
(Since 6/16/93 is a Wednesday, which is a weekday, the same date is returned.)
For a date value of 01/24/93
(X
=19930124), the result would be 01/22/93.
(Since 1/24/93 is a Sunday, the date returned is the last weekday before, which is Friday,
1/22/93.)