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Re: Date calculating software?

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  • Subject: [mg30428] Re: Date calculating software?
  • From: Tom Burton <tburton at cts.com>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 03:10:03 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:24:51 +0000 (UTC), in comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica Noz NOSPAM wrote:

>Is there a software program or calculator available that can eg. Add a
>period of time to a date?

Needs["Miscellaneous`Calendar`"]

Then define

DatePlus[{y_,m_,d_},{yy_,mm_,dd_}]:=DaysPlus[{y+yy+Quotient[m+mm,12,1],Mod[m+mm,12,1],d},dd]
>
>example, today is 14 August 2001.
>
>14082001 + 18 months
>
In[26]:= DatePlus[{2001,8,14},{0,18,0}]
Out[26]= {2003, 2, 14}

>or
>
>14082001 + 1yr, 3mths, 4 days, and produces the date 1yr, 3mths and 4 days
>hence?

In[24]:= DatePlus[{2001,8,14},{1,3,4}]
Out[24]= {2002, 11, 18}

and

In[25]:= DatePlus[{2001,8,14},{1,4,24}]
Out[25]= {2003, 1, 7}
Tom Burton


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