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Hollidays
Checking dates
Converting dates
Formatting
Other
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Function modules: Date and Time
Get a date
- DATE_GET_WEEK Returns week for a date
- WEEK_GET_FIRST_DAY Returns first day for a week
- RP_LAST_DAY_OF_MONTHS Returns last day of month
- FIRST_DAY_IN_PERIOD_GET Get first day of a period
- LAST_DAY_IN_PERIOD_GET Get last day of a period
- RP_LAST_DAY_OF_MONTHS Determine last day of month
Date calculations
- DATE_COMPUTE_DAY Returns a number indicating what day of the week the date falls on. Monday is returned as a 1, Tuesday as 2, etc.
- DATE_IN_FUTURE Calculate a date N days in the future.
- RP_CALC_DATE_IN_INTERVAL Add days/months to a date
- RP_CALC_DATE_IN_INTERVAL Add/subtract years/months/days from a date
- SD_DATETIME_DIFFERENCE Give the difference in Days and Time for 2 dates
- MONTH_PLUS_DETERMINE Add or subtract months from a date. To subtract a month, enter a negative value for the 'months' parameter.
- DATE_CREATE Calculates a date from the input parameters:
Example: DATE_CREATE
CALL FUNCTION 'DATE_CREATE' EXPORTING anzahl_jahre = 1 anzahl_monate = 2 anzahl_tage = 3 datum_ein = '20010101' IMPORTING datum_aus = l_new_date.
Result: l_new_date = 20020304
Example: MONTH_PLUS_DETERMINE
data: new_date type d.
CALL FUNCTION 'MONTH_PLUS_DETERMINE'
EXPORTING
months = -5 " Negative to subtract from old date, positive to add
olddate = sy-datum
IMPORTING
NEWDATE = new_date.
write: / new_date.
Hollidays
- HOLIDAY_GET Provides a table of all the holidays based upon a Factory Calendar &/ Holiday Calendar.
- HOLIDAY_CHECK_AND_GET_INFO Useful for determining whether or not a date is a holiday. Give the function a date, and a holiday calendar, and you can determine if the
date is a holiday by checking the parameter HOLIDAY_FOUND.
Example: HOLIDAY_CHECK_AND_GET_INFO
data: ld_date like scal-datum default sy-datum, lc_holiday_cal_id like scal-hcalid default 'CA', ltab_holiday_attributes like thol occurs 0 with header line, lc_holiday_found like scal-indicator. CALL FUNCTION 'HOLIDAY_CHECK_AND_GET_INFO' EXPORTING date = ld_date holiday_calendar_id = lc_holiday_cal_id WITH_HOLIDAY_ATTRIBUTES = 'X' IMPORTING HOLIDAY_FOUND = lc_holiday_found tables holiday_attributes = ltab_holiday_attributes EXCEPTIONS CALENDAR_BUFFER_NOT_LOADABLE = 1 DATE_AFTER_RANGE = 2 DATE_BEFORE_RANGE = 3 DATE_INVALID = 4 HOLIDAY_CALENDAR_ID_MISSING = 5 HOLIDAY_CALENDAR_NOT_FOUND = 6 OTHERS = 7. if sy-subrc = 0 and lc_holiday_found = 'X'. write: / ld_date, 'is a holiday'. else. write: / ld_date, 'is not a holiday, or there was an error calling the function'. endif.
Checking dates
- DATE_CHECK_PLAUSIBILITY Check to see if a date is in a valid format for SAP. Works well when validating dates being passed in from other systems.
Converting dates
- DATE_CONV_EXT_TO_INT Conversion of dates to SAP internal format e.g. '28.03.2000' -> 20000328 Can also be used to check if a date is valid ( sy-subrc <> 0 )
Function to return literal for month
he table you want to use is T247. You can also use the function MONTH_NAMES_GET. [ Monique Goodrich ,posted to SAP listserver]
You can also try table T015M. It has the month number in it's key.
[Walter Barr , posted to SAP listserver]
Formatting
- DATUMSAUFBEREITUNG Format date as the user settings
Other
- MONTH_NAMES_GET It returns all the month and names in repective language.