>>>>Can anyone think of a formula or fast piece of code (I plan on running it from a SELECT) that can tell me the number of weeks since 11/1/99? I'm thinking some combination of the year and WEEK() might do it, but I haven't come up with anything.
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>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Michelle
>>>
>>>It would be the difference of the weeks...
>>>
>>>Week( MyDate ) - Week( {^1999.11.1} )
>>>
>>>BOb
>>That works within the year. Between 1/1/2000 and 11/1/2000 (or thereabout) your expression would return a negative number.
>If you use an absolute function, the number returned will always be a positive value.
>
>Tom Molloy
I don't understand.
WEEK({^1999-11-01}) = 45
WEEK({^2000-01-01}) = 1
ABS(1 - 45) = 44
There are only 8 weeks between 11/1/1999 and 1/1/2000.