Date Shortcuts

The advantage of entering a date shortcut is that the program replaces the shortcut with the appropriate current date. For example, if you enter T for today for a report selection option, the program always uses today's date. Likewise, if you enter EOM or EOP for reports that you run at the end of the month or period, you won't have change the date for selection or program options each time you run the report.

Days	Calendar months	Work* Days
Start of Month	End of Month	Start of Work* Month	End of Work* Month
Start of Quarter	End of Quarter	Start of Work* Quarter	End of Work* Quarter
Start of Period	End of Period	Start of Work* in a Period	End of Work* in a Period
Start of Year	End of Year	Start of Work* Year	End of Work* Year

* "work" date shortcuts are based on your shop calendar

The Result column below assumes that your date format is mm/dd/yy, that today is April 15, that your fiscal quarter begins March 1, and your fiscal year begins on June 1.

Days

For	Enter	Example	Result
Today	T	T	04/15/yy
System date	S	S	04/15/yy
Tomorrow	TM	TM	04/16/yy
n days after today	+n	+2	04/17/yy
Yesterday	Y	Y	04/14/yy
n days before today	-n	-2	04/13/yy

Calendar Months

For	Enter	Example	Result
n months after today	+nM	+2M	06/15/yy
n months before today	-nM	-2M	02/15/yy

Start of Month

For	Enter	Example	Result
Start of the calendar month	SOM	SOM	04/01/yy
Start of calendar month n months in the future	+nSOM	+2SOM	06/01/yy
Start of calendar month n months in the past	-nSOM	-1SOM	03/01/yy

End of Month

For	Enter	Example	Result
End of the calendar month	EOM	EOM	04/30/yy
End of calendar month n months in the future	+nEOM	+2EOM	06/30/yy
End of calendar month n months in the past	-nEOM	-1EOM	03/31/yy

Start of Quarter

For	Enter	Example	Result
Start of the calendar quarter	SOQ	SOQ	04/01/yy
Start of the fiscal quarter	SOFQ	SOFQ	03/01/yy

End of Quarter

For	Enter	Example	Result
End of the calendar quarter	EOQ	EOQ	06/30/yy
End of the fiscal quarter	EOFQ	EOFQ	05/31/yy

Start of Period

For	Enter	Example	Result
Start of the fiscal period	SOP	SOP	04/01/yy
Start of the fiscal period n periods in the future	+nSOP	+3SOP	07/01/yy
Start of the fiscal period n periods in the past	-nSOP	-1SOP	03/01/yy

End of Period

For	Enter	Example	Result
End of the fiscal period	EOP	EOP	04/30/yy
End of the fiscal period n periods in the future	+nEOP	+3EOP	07/31/yy
End of the fiscal period n periods in the past	-nEOP	-1EOP	03/31/yy

Start of Year

For	Enter	Example	Result
Start of the calendar year	SOY	SOY	01/01/yy
Start of the fiscal year	SOFY	SOFY	06/01/yy

End of Year

For	Enter	Example	Result
End of the calendar year	EOY	EOY	12/31/yy
End of the fiscal year	EOFY	EOFY	05/31/yy

"Work" date shortcuts are based on your shop calendar. Because shop calendars vary greatly, no results column is included in the examples below.

Work Days

For	Enter	Example
n work days after today	+nW	+2W
n work days before today	-nW	-2W
The next work day n months after today	+nWM	+2WM
Last work day n months before today	-nWM	-2WM

Start of Work Month

For	Enter	Example
First work day of month	WSOM	WSOM
First work day of the month n months in the future	+nWSOM	+2WSOM
First work day of the month n months in the past	-nWSOM	-1WSOM

End of Work Month

For	Enter	Example
Last work day of month	WEOM	WEOM
Last work day of the month n months in the future	+nWEOM	+2WEOM
Last work day of the month n months in the past	-nWEOM	-1WEOM

Start of Work Quarter

For	Enter	Example
First work day of the calendar quarter	WSOQ	WSOQ
First work day of the fiscal quarter	WSOFQ	WSOFQ

End of Work Quarter

For	Enter	Example
Last work day of the calendar quarter	WEOQ	WEOQ
Last work day of the fiscal quarter	WEOFQ	WEOFQ

Start of Work in a Period

For	Enter	Example
First work day of the fiscal period	WSOP	WSOP
First work day in the period n periods in the future	+nWSOP	+3WSOP
First work day in the period n periods in the past	-nWSOP	-1WSOP

End of Work Period

For	Enter	Example
Last work day of the fiscal period	WEOP	WEOP
Last work day of the period n periods in the future	+nWEOP	+3WEOP
Last work day of the period n periods in the past	-nWEOP	-1WEOP

Start of Work Year

For	Enter	Example
First work day of the year	WSOY	WSOY
First work day of the fiscal year	WSOFY	WSOFY

End of Work Year

For	Enter	Example
Last work day of the year	WEOY	WEOY
Last work day of the fiscal year	WEOFY	WEOFY