Function modules: Date and Time

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Function modules: Date and Time

Get a date
Date calculations
Hollidays
Checking dates
Converting dates
Formatting
Other

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.