Crystal Reports for Rational Application Developer Designer Guide

LastYearYTD

Description
Specifies a range of Date values that includes all dates in the last year, up to the current date last year.
Returns
None
Action
Specifies a range of Date values that includes all dates in the last year, up to the current date last year.
Examples
If {orders.ORDER DATE} in LastYearYTD Then
     {orders.ORDER AMOUNT}
Else
     0
Returns the Amount if the date falls on any date in the last year, up to the current date last year. The following table identifies the first and last dates included in the date range if today equals 04/10/98.
If today = 04/10/98
{orders.ORDER DATE}
{orders.ORDER AMOUNT}
not in range
12/31/96
0
first date included
01/01/97
1252.24
02/16/97
1597.87
03/24/97
2546.35
last date included
04/10/97
5462.21

Note: If you would like to base the date range on a date other than today's date, you must either change the date via the Date/Time option in the Windows Control Panel, or change the report print date via the Set Print Date and Time command in the Report Menu.


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