Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.
Gets the closing date for a Date Data Type.
Syntax
ClosingDate := System.ClosingDate(Date: Date)
Note
This method can be invoked without specifying the data type name.
Parameters
Date
Type: Date
The input date.
Return Value
ClosingDate
Type: Date
Remarks
All dates have a corresponding closing date. A closing date is a period in time following the given date but before the next regular date. Closing dates are sorted immediately after the corresponding regular date but before the next regular date.
xxxxxxD: Regular date
xxxxxxC: Closing date
The compiler cannot convert the expression xxxxxxC to a Date data type. Therefore, you must use the ClosingDate method to create a closing date.
Example 1
The first example shows how to use the ClosingDate method. A regular date is given as input.
var
Date1: Date;
CloDate: Date;
Text000: Label 'The closing date for %1 is %2.';
begin
Date1 := 20140404D;
CloDate := ClosingDate(Date1);
Message(Text000, Date1, CloDate);
end;
The following message is displayed:
The closing date for 04/04/14 is C04/04/14.
Example 2
The second example shows some statements that do not work and explains why they do not work.
var
Date1: Date;
CloDate1: Date;
CloDate2: Date;
Text000: Label 'The closing date for %1 is %2.';
begin
// Date1 := 20140404C;
// The previous statement does not compile because the compiler
// cannot convert '20140404C' to a Date data type.
Date1 := 20140404D;
// The previous statement compiles.
// The compiler converts '20140404D' to a Date data type.
// CloDate1 := ClosingDate(20140505C);
// The previous statement does not compile because the compiler
// cannot convert '20140505C' to a Date data type and the ClosingDate
// method requires a Date data type for its parameter.
CloDate1 := ClosingDate(Date1);
// The previous statement compiles.
// Date1 is a Date data type.
CloDate2 := ClosingDate(CloDate1);
// The previous statement compiles.
// CloDate1 is a Date data type.
Message(Text001, CloDate1, CloDate2);
end;
The following message is displayed:
The closing date for C04/04/14 is C04/04/14.