ACC: Function to Get Date of Monday Prior to Current Day

ID: Q103138


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97


SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article describes a function that you can use to find the date of the Monday prior to the current day.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual.

NOTE: Visual Basic for Applications is called Access Basic in Microsoft Access versions 1.x and 2.0. For more information about Access Basic, please refer to the "Introduction to Programming" manual in Microsoft Access version 1.x or the "Building Applications" manual in Microsoft Access version 2.0


MORE INFORMATION

The following function determines Monday's date according to the following criteria:

  • If the current date is Tuesday through Sunday, it yields the prior Monday's date.


  • If the current day is Monday, it returns the current date.


  • If the date is Null or is not a valid date, it returns Null.
    
         Function GetMonDate(CurrentDate)
         If VarType(CurrentDate)<>7 then
           GetMonDate=Null
         Else
           Select Case WeekDay(CurrentDate)
             Case 1       ' Sunday
               GetMonDate=CurrentDate-6
             Case 2       ' Monday
               GetMonDate=CurrentDate
             Case 3 to 7  ' Tuesday..Saturday
               GetMonDate=CurrentDate-WeekDay(CurrentDate)+2
           End Select
         End If
        End Function 


To test the function, type the following line in the Debug window (or Immediate window in versions 1.x and 2.0), and then press ENTER:
Print GetMonDate(#4/30/93#)
Note that you receive the following result:
#4/26/93#

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbprg
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,2.0,7.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: November 2, 1999
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