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Challenge #367: Manipulating Dates – End of the Month

robbinrv
8 - Asteroid

Did it in a round about way before figuring out an quicker solution

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would recommend the datetimetrim "lastofmonth" option instead :)

 

gerda
8 - Asteroid
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Here's the solution!

TurboToad
11 - Bolide

Nice new DT function to learn about.

 

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datetimeformat(DateTimeTrim(DateTimeParse([Date],'%m/%d/%Y'),'lastofmonth'),'%m/%d/%Y')

Arjunmarwaha09
8 - Asteroid

Challenge #367 Done 

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ggruccio
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Not all the expected results are month ends --- for instance, 8-30 is not the end of August...should be 8-31...but other than that, fun challenge.

 

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Asmaa-jirani
5 - Atom
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CharlotteGuy
8 - Asteroid
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mmontgomery
11 - Bolide
11 - Bolide

Tried to do it all in one formula tool

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Clifford_Coon
11 - Bolide

My Solution

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Already had created macro to do this:
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nSpire
10 - Fireball
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