DDOF

The DDOF function returns an INTEGER in the range of 1 through 31, giving the day of the month on which a specified date falls. The result returned by DDOF has the same dimensions as the specified DATE expression.

Return Value

INTEGER

Syntax

DDOF(date-expression)

Arguments

date-expression: An expression that has the DATE data type, or a text expression that specifies a date. See "Date-only Input Values" for valid formats for a text expression.

Examples

Example 7-63 Finding Today's Day of the Month

The following statement returns the day of the month on which today's date falls.

SHOW DDOF(TODAY)

When today's date is September 8, 2000, this statement produces the following output.