FirstDayOfMonth

Syntax -

FirstDayOfMonth <variable name> <DateValue1>

        Where:

       <variable name> is the user defined name that is assigned to the variable.

       <DateValue1> is a literal string that represents a valid date or a variable that contains a date.

Description:

       This command is used to value the <variable name> with the date of the first day of the month contained in <DateValue1>.

Sample 1:

       The following statement uses the FirstDayOfMonth command to determine the date of the first day of the month for the specified date.  The value of DY will be 2/1/2004.

FirstDayOfMonth DY "2/20/2004"

Sample 2:

       The following statement uses FirstDayOfMonth and the Reserved Variable Name, &TODAY, to determine the date at the beginning of the current month.

FirstDayOfMonth DW &TODAY