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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00287143
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>>>Hello everyone.
>>>
>>>Is there a native VFP function to return the last day of the month?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Sergio
>>
>>No, but there's a combination:
>>
>>GOMONTH(DATE()- DAY(DATE() + 1), 1) - 1
>>
>>I know that's convoluted, but it's the only reliable way. DATE() - DAY(DATE()) gives you the last day of the previous month. Add a day to give you the first of the current month. GOMONTH() gives you the first of the next month. -1 gives you the last day of the current month.
>
>How about GOMONTH( DATE(),1 ) - DAY( GOMONTH( DATE(),1 ) )
>I guess there's many ways to skin a cat.

Absolutely, in FoxPro there's about 3 ways to skin any cat.

SET ANAL RETENTION ON

However, in my own informal time trials, my solution runs about a 10th of a second quicker in 500000 repetitions.

SET ANAL RETENTION OFF

NBD. :}
-cjh
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