First day of the year

[NOL]

Hi ,


If i have an input date, is it possible to derive the first day of teh year from it ?

e.g INPUT START_DATE

1/3/2002 1/1/2002
2/6/1999 1/1/1999
4/16/2001 1/1/2001

I tried date value , but it gives me only for the current year.
e.g DateValue( "01-Jan") gives 1/1/2003

Any1 with ideas ?
Thanks in advance,
Gina.

 

[raskew]

The DateSerial() function will do it for you. Here's an example from the debug window:

start_date = #2/25/99#
firstDay = dateserial (year(start_date),1,1)
? firstday
1/1/99

 

[NOL]

Thanks so much !!