Last Friday of each month

[ats@jbex]

Does anybody have any sample code for calculating the date for teh last
Friday in each month.

TIA
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[Stephany Young]

This function returns the date of the last friday of the specified
month/year combination.

In countries that were under the influence of Great Britain in 1752 or were
established after 1752 by the British then the function holds good for any
month/year combination from January 1753 onwards.

For other countries one needs to determine when the calendar was last
adjusted for the lack of leap-years and NOT use the function for month/year
combinations before that point in time.

Public Shared Function LastFridayOfMonth(ByVal month As Integer, ByVal
year As Integer) As DateTime

' Calculate the date for the last day of the specified month/year
combination.
Dim _date As DateTime = (New DateTime(year, month,
1)).AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1)

' Grab the DayOfWeek for that date (0 = Sunday ... 6 = Saturday)
Dim _dayofweek As Integer = CType(_date.DayOfWeek, Integer)

' Calculate the offset to the preceeding Friday
Dim _offset As Integer = _dayofweek - (_dayofweek + 1) * 2
If _offset < -6 Then _offset += 7

' Return the adjusted date
Return _date.AddDays(_offset)

End Function

 

[ats@jbex]

Public Shared Function LastFridayOfMonth(ByVal month As Integer, ByVal
year As Integer) As DateTime

' Calculate the date for the last day of the specified month/year
combination.
Dim _date As DateTime = (New DateTime(year, month,
1)).AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1)

' Grab the DayOfWeek for that date (0 = Sunday ... 6 = Saturday)
Dim _dayofweek As Integer = CType(_date.DayOfWeek, Integer)

' Calculate the offset to the preceeding Friday
Dim _offset As Integer = _dayofweek - (_dayofweek + 1) * 2
If _offset < -6 Then _offset += 7

' Return the adjusted date
Return _date.AddDays(_offset)

End Function

Thanks for the code. I will try that also. No worries re the earlier dates.
It's for a web page so our employees will know what date is payday for any
given month.

Thanks
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[Andrew Morton]

Thanks for the code. I will try that also. No worries re the earlier
dates. It's for a web page so our employees will know what date is
payday for any given month.

If the last Friday in a month falls on a [national | bank | whatever]
holiday, is that still payday, or is the payday moved forward?

Andrew