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    stuck converting years and months to months

    i get a date difference in years and months and need to convert it to just months, seems to be easy but i have been on this since 7am this morning and cant seem to work it out so would appreciate a little help. i bet it is something really simple.

    this gets the date difference between a current record and today
    Code:
    	dim yrmo as C
    	dim refd_beg as D
    	dim refd_now as D
    	dim yrcount as n
    	dim mnthcount as n
    
    	refd_now = Date()
    	refd_beg = lookup("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\casefile.dbf","caseref = "+quote(session.caseref),"leaddate")
    	
    	yrcount = year(refd_now)- year(refd_beg)
    	
    	if month(refd_now) >= month(refd_beg) then
    	    mnthcount = month(refd_now) - month(refd_beg)
    	    yrmo = alltrim(str(yrcount))+" Years and "+alltrim(str(mnthcount))+" Months"
    	else
    		yrcount = yrcount-1
    		mnthcount = 12+month(refd_now)-month(refd_beg)
    		yrmo = alltrim(str(yrcount))+" Years and "+alltrim(str(mnthcount))+" Months"
    	    
    	end if
    		
    	e.control.yrmo = yrmo
    	e.control.yrcount = yrcount
    	e.control.mnthcount = mnthcount
    	
    	e.rtc.yrcount = yrcount
    	e.rtc.mthcount = mnthcount
    	e._state.yrcount = yrcount
    	e._state.mthcount = mnthcount
    next, i am trying to duplicate child records but only if they meet a filter - the chid records relate to loans and credit cards, in the record their is a N field which has a value for the number of months that the debt had left to run.

    I need to determine if the number of months in the record is less than the number of months from today since the record was created (hope that makes sense)
    Code:
    	dim qry as P
    	dim nrecs as N
    	dim i as N
    	dim varMthDiff as N
    	dim varYrDiff as N
    	dim varYtoM as N
    	dim varTotMonths as N
    
    	varMthDiff = e._state.mthcount
    	varYrDiff = e._state.yrcount
    [COLOR="#FF0000"]	varYtoM = varYrDiff/12
    	varTotMonths = varYtoM+varMthDiff[/COLOR]
    my problem is the part in red above, as i have an earlier section of this duplication working just fine using just the varYrDiff

    Code:
    'duplicate debts
    	dim tbl3 as p 
    	dim duptbl3 as P
    	tbl3 = table.open("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\debts.dbf")
    	duptbl3 = table.open("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\debts.dbf")
    	
    		query.description = "Dup_debts"
    		query.order = ""
    		query.filter = filter_caseref
    		query.options = ""
    		qry3 = tbl3.query_create()
    		nrecs = qry3.records_get()		
    		if nrecs > 0		
    		tbl3.fetch_first()
    		while .NOT. tbl3.fetch_eof()
                            [COLOR="#FF8C00"]dim debttermleft as n = tbl3.commmonthsleft
    			dim debtsnewterm as n = debttermleft - varTotMonths
    			if debtsnewterm > 1[/COLOR]
    				duptbl3.enter_begin()
    				duptbl3.caseref = NewCaseref
    				duptbl3.commtype = tbl3.commtype
    				duptbl3.commlender = tbl3.commlender
    				duptbl3.commbalance = tbl3.commbalance
    				duptbl3.commmonthly = tbl3.commmonthly
    				duptbl3.commmonthsleft = tbl3.commmonthsleft-varTotMonths
    				duptbl3.commsecured = tbl3.commsecured
    				duptbl3.commrepaid = tbl3.commrepaid
    				duptbl3.commwho = tbl3.commwho
    				duptbl3.commlimit = tbl3.commlimit
    				duptbl3.commbalancehow = tbl3.commbalancehow
    				duptbl3.commbalancehowstat = tbl3.commbalancehowstat
    				duptbl3.enter_end()
    			end if	
    			tbl3.fetch_next()
    		end while
    	end if
    		qry3.close()
    		tbl3.close()
    		duptbl3.close()

    #2
    Re: stuck converting years and months to months

    How do you define a "month" ?

    If you were doing it manually how many months between January 12th and April 5th?

    How many months between January 12th and April 20th?

    what "rule" did you use to answer the questions?

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      #3
      Re: stuck converting years and months to months

      Shouldn't
      varYtoM = varYrDiff/12
      Be
      varYtoM = varYrDiff*12
      Tim Kiebert
      Eagle Creek Citrus
      A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.

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        #4
        Re: stuck converting years and months to months

        Richard - I didn't read through or try to understand all your code, but I wonder if this helps:

        You can convert a year/month to an integer, for instance, this August is the 8th month of the 2014th year, and each year has 12 months. So:

        (2014 * 12) + 8 = 24176

        You can convert any date's (Year * 12) + Months to get an integer, and use that for comparison, calculation, etc.
        -Steve
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          #5
          Re: stuck converting years and months to months

          Originally posted by Tim Kiebert View Post
          Shouldn't
          varYtoM = varYrDiff/12
          Be
          varYtoM = varYrDiff*12
          My idiot moment of the week, if you can believe i work in finance. no idea why i was dividing it.

          thanks for all of your replies and help.

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            #6
            Re: stuck converting years and months to months

            just curious or follow up on reply post #2,
            how many months are there between
            jan 30th 2014 and feb 3rd 2014?
            thanks for reading

            gandhi

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              #7
              Re: stuck converting years and months to months

              Originally posted by GGandhi View Post
              just curious or follow up on reply post #2,
              how many months are there between
              jan 30th 2014 and feb 3rd 2014?
              Gandhi - I think the answer would vary a bit depending on purpose. Most accounting systems are based on accounting periods, and most of them use a calendar month as a period. So January is accounting period 1, and February is accounting period 2, which means the answer to your question is 1. At least for the purpose I just described.
              -Steve
              sigpic

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                #8
                Re: stuck converting years and months to months

                While I suppose the questions I framed were essential, it's clear that at least to Richard they were not <grin>.

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