Hi
Can someone help me calculate the previous month in a date field. the code
below calculates the month however i don't know how to format the
expression to display in date format

{={DATE \@ "MM"} -1}

i also tried using set month but received an error.



Thanks for any help

Hi ram,

To see how to do this and just about everything else you might want to do
with dates in Word, check out my Date Calc 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"ram" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:05EAC021-E62F-4A5E-80E7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> Can someone help me calculate the previous month in a date field. the code
> below calculates the month however i don't know how to format the
> expression to display in date format
>
> {={DATE \@ "MM"} -1}
>
> i also tried using set month but received an error.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>

this information is just what I needed

Thank You

"macropod" wrote:

> Hi ram,
>
> To see how to do this and just about everything else you might want to do
> with dates in Word, check out my Date Calc 'tutorial', at:
> http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902
> or
> http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
>
> Cheers
> --
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
> -------------------------
>
> "ram" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:05EAC021-E62F-4A5E-80E7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> > Can someone help me calculate the previous month in a date field. the code
> > below calculates the month however i don't know how to format the
> > expression to display in date format
> >
> > {={DATE \@ "MM"} -1}
> >
> > i also tried using set month but received an error.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> >
> >
>