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[Date_Subtract]

[Date_Subtract] subtracts a specified number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds from a base date value. The first parameter should be a Lasso date data type or valid Lasso date string. Subsequent keyword/value parameters define what should be subtracted from the first parameter: -Second, -Minute, -Hour, -Day, -Week, -Month, or -Year.

  • Syntax
  • Parameters
[Date_Subtract: (Date),
  -Year=Integer,
  -Month=Integer,
  -Week=Integer,
  -Day=Integer,
  -Hour=Integer,
  -Minute=Integer,
  -Second=Integer]

[Date_Subtract: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
  -Year=Integer,
  -Month=Integer,
  -Week=Integer,
  -Day=Integer,
  -Hour=Integer,
  -Minute=Integer,
  -Second=Integer]
Required Parameters
Base Date The date data type or valid date string to be operated upon.
Optional Parameters
-Second The number of seconds to subtract from the date.
-Minute The number of minutes to subtract from the date.
-Hour The number of hours to subtract from the date.
-Day The number of days to subtract from the date.
-Week The number of weeks to subtract from the date.
-Month Specifies the number of calendar months to subtract from the date.
-Year Specifies the number of calendar years to subtract from the date.
Examples

To return the date of the same day a week ago:

Use the [Date_Subtract] tag to subtract one week from the current date. The following example outputs the date and time of the moment which is exactly seven days in the past.

<p>[Date_Subtract: (Date), -Week=1]
Result:
<p>9/6/2001 13:43:24
Tag Link [Date_Subtract] Category Date
Type Substitution Data Source Any
Support Preferred Version 3.0
Output Type Date Security None
Implementation LCAPI Sets Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0,LDML3x

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