Now()

[Bob Wickham]

Hi,

I have some sql in a sub that finds dates in a table but only if the
date is less than today

WHERE [MonthYear] < Now()

I want it to do that but to not include the current month.

For instance, a list of dates in dd/mm/yy format
1/01/05
01/02/05
etc
etc
01/11/05
01/12/05
01/01/06
01/02/06

If I run this today (11/01/06) 01/01/06 is included in the result
because it is less than today.
But I dont want the current month included.

Any ideas.

Bob

[Anthony England]

"Bob Wickham" <wi*********@ya hoo.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have some sql in a sub that finds dates in a table but only if the date
is less than today

WHERE [MonthYear] < Now()

I want it to do that but to not include the current month.

For instance, a list of dates in dd/mm/yy format
1/01/05
01/02/05
etc
etc
01/11/05
01/12/05
01/01/06
01/02/06

If I run this today (11/01/06) 01/01/06 is included in the result because
it is less than today.
But I dont want the current month included.

Any ideas.

Bob

So you want to include dates less than the first of the current month?

You can use the DateSerial function:

....WHERE MyDate<DateSeri al(Year(Date),M onth(Date),1)

I'm assuming that your field [MonthYear] is an actual DateTime field

[Arno R]

"Bob Wickham" <wi*********@ya hoo.com.au> schreef in bericht news:43******@d news.tpgi.com.a u...

Hi,

I have some sql in a sub that finds dates in a table but only if the
date is less than today

WHERE [MonthYear] < Now()

I want it to do that but to not include the current month.

For instance, a list of dates in dd/mm/yy format
1/01/05
01/02/05
etc
etc
01/11/05
01/12/05
01/01/06
01/02/06

If I run this today (11/01/06) 01/01/06 is included in the result
because it is less than today.
But I dont want the current month included.

Any ideas.

Bob

So you want to select all dates less than the first day of the current month?

WHERE DateField < DateSerial(Year (Now), Month(Now), 1)

Arno R

[Anthony England]

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"Bob Wickham" <wi*********@ya hoo.com.au> schreef in bericht
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Hi,

I have some sql in a sub that finds dates in a table but only if the
date is less than today

WHERE [MonthYear] < Now()

I want it to do that but to not include the current month.

For instance, a list of dates in dd/mm/yy format
1/01/05
01/02/05
etc
etc
01/11/05
01/12/05
01/01/06
01/02/06

If I run this today (11/01/06) 01/01/06 is included in the result
because it is less than today.
But I dont want the current month included.

Any ideas.

Bob

So you want to select all dates less than the first day of the current
month?

WHERE DateField < DateSerial(Year (Now), Month(Now), 1)

Arno R
Hey! Are you copying my answers?

[Bob Wickham]

Arno R wrote:

"Bob Wickham" <wi*********@ya hoo.com.au> schreef in bericht news:43******@d news.tpgi.com.a u...

Hi,

I have some sql in a sub that finds dates in a table but only if the
date is less than today

WHERE [MonthYear] < Now()

I want it to do that but to not include the current month.

For instance, a list of dates in dd/mm/yy format
1/01/05
01/02/05
etc
etc
01/11/05
01/12/05
01/01/06
01/02/06

If I run this today (11/01/06) 01/01/06 is included in the result
because it is less than today.
But I dont want the current month included.

Any ideas.

Bob

So you want to select all dates less than the first day of the current month?

WHERE DateField < DateSerial(Year (Now), Month(Now), 1)

Arno R

Thats it, perfect.

Thankyou to you both.

Bob

[Randy Harris]

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"Bob Wickham" <wi*********@ya hoo.com.au> schreef in bericht
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Hi,

I have some sql in a sub that finds dates in a table but only if the
date is less than today

WHERE [MonthYear] < Now()

I want it to do that but to not include the current month.

For instance, a list of dates in dd/mm/yy format
1/01/05
01/02/05
etc
etc
01/11/05
01/12/05
01/01/06
01/02/06

If I run this today (11/01/06) 01/01/06 is included in the result
because it is less than today.
But I dont want the current month included.

Any ideas.

Bob

So you want to select all dates less than the first day of the current
month?

WHERE DateField < DateSerial(Year (Now), Month(Now), 1)

Arno R
Hey! Are you copying my answers?

Based on the time stamps on your posts, it was a dead heat. :-{)

[Wayne Morgan]

Bob,

Just a quick FYI.

I see that you got your answer and it will take care of the problem I'm
about to mention also. The problem with the original code is that not only
would it have included dates from earlier in the month, it would also have
included dates from the current date. You were comparing to Now() which is
both date and time. If the values you were comparing to this were from the
current day but with an earlier time, they would have been included also. A
date with no time component (i.e. time component is zero) will be treated as
midnight. So any date without a time component that was from the current
date would have been less than Now() unless you happened to catch it just a
midnight.

The reason this happens is because VBA treats dates as a floating point
number. The integer part is the date and the decimal part is the time of
day. The integer portion gives the number of days since 30 Dec 1899 and the
decimal portion give the time as fractions of a day (.0 = midnight, .25 =
6am, .5 = noon, etc). So, a date with no time component would have a decimal
portion of zero (i.e. midnight). If all you want is the date component, I
recommend using the Date() function instead of the Now() function.

--
Wayne Morgan
MS Access MVP
"Bob Wickham" <wi*********@ya hoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:43******@d news.tpgi.com.a u...

Hi,

I have some sql in a sub that finds dates in a table but only if the date
is less than today

WHERE [MonthYear] < Now()

I want it to do that but to not include the current month.

For instance, a list of dates in dd/mm/yy format
1/01/05
01/02/05
etc
etc
01/11/05
01/12/05
01/01/06
01/02/06

If I run this today (11/01/06) 01/01/06 is included in the result because
it is less than today.
But I dont want the current month included.

Any ideas.

Bob

[Arno R]

"Anthony England" <ae******@oops. co.uk> schreef in bericht news:dq******** **@nwrdmz03.dmz .ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...

Hey! Are you copying my answers?

Funny this is:
Your Timestamp: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:50:50 +0000 (UTC)
My Timestamp: Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:50:50 +0100
So there is not even a second difference here ...
both almost identical answers ...

Are you *my* evil twin ??
I am looking for one ;-)
Btw:
According to Google this means for both of us:
Local: Wed, Jan 11 2006 12:50 am ??

Arno R

[Bob Wickham]

Wayne Morgan wrote:

Bob,

Just a quick FYI.

I see that you got your answer and it will take care of the problem I'm
about to mention also. The problem with the original code is that not only
would it have included dates from earlier in the month, it would also have
included dates from the current date. You were comparing to Now() which is
both date and time. If the values you were comparing to this were from the
current day but with an earlier time, they would have been included also. A
date with no time component (i.e. time component is zero) will be treated as
midnight. So any date without a time component that was from the current
date would have been less than Now() unless you happened to catch it just a
midnight.

The reason this happens is because VBA treats dates as a floating point
number. The integer part is the date and the decimal part is the time of
day. The integer portion gives the number of days since 30 Dec 1899 and the
decimal portion give the time as fractions of a day (.0 = midnight, .25 =
6am, .5 = noon, etc). So, a date with no time component would have a decimal
portion of zero (i.e. midnight). If all you want is the date component, I
recommend using the Date() function instead of the Now() function.

Thanks Wayne,

I understand your advice but, in practise, I can't get it to work.

Should I be able to simply change Now to Date in the solution offered by
Arno and Anthony

WHERE DateField < DateSerial(Year (Now), Month(Now), 1)

like

WHERE DateField < DateSerial(Year (Date), Month(Date), 1)

because doing that results in a "Too few parameters error"

Bob

[Jana]

Bob:

If you're using a European version, I think you need to use ; instead
of , as the parameter separator. (Not 100% sure, though!)
Try WHERE DateField < DateSerial(Year (Date); Month(Date); 1)

HTH,
Jana