On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Richard Kaye <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm always honored when I say something and you get it, Ted... ;) And I'm always surprised when I get it, too! ;) > The original topic, which still hasn't come through, was looking for a source > for holiday dates I need to implement a business days calculation routine. > And I don't want to key the data in. As usual I found something to get me > started between the time I sent the message to the list and now. Although for > any of you lurkers out there, a nice pre-packaged DBF would be nice... :) Dates can be a bear. Fixed dates (12/25 or 4 July) are easy, and even "third Monday in Februrary" is not too hard to calculate, but others get pretty weird, like "first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox" and worse. I know a fellow developer who has a specialty app just to calculate High Holidays. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=foxpro+calculate+holidays turns up some promising hits. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4v=xZg9x7hQz_mzC8hbgscS7SHAP=dwgzaadcdhwaw...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
