Built-in Functions › YESTERDAY

YESTERDAY

Purpose

Returns yesterday's date in the format requested.

Syntax

►►─┬─ YESTERDAY ──┬─ ( date-format ) ─────────────────────────────────────────►◄
   └─ YESTERDAYX ─┘

Parameters

YESTERDAY/YESTERDAYX

Invokes the yesterday function. YESTERDAYX returns a date that contains the century portion of the year.

date-format

Specifies the output date format. Date-format can be expressed using:

• The date format, enclosed in single quotation marks
• The name of a user-defined variable data field that contains the date format

Date-format can be:

• C for calendar
• E for European
• G for Gregorian
• J for Julian

Example 1

In the following example, the yesterday function is used to display yesterday's date in the calendar format (where today is March 17, 1997).

Statement:
    MOVE YESTERDAY('C') TO WK-RESULT.
Returned value: 031697

Example 2

This example uses YESTERDAYX to return a date containing the century:

Statement:
    MOVE YESTERDAYX('C') TO WK-RESULT.
Returned value: 03161997