Re: FORMS 3.X - SYSDATE calculation problem

mcgrathm_at_admin1.tcd.ie wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm doing a date calculation in ver. 3.x forms that is to
> find the exact date 4 yrs ago e.g.
>
> if today = 22-Apr-1997 then
> 4 yrs ago = 22-Apr-1993.
>
> I've tried a few fixes including
>
> sysdate - (4 * 365) (leap yrs )
>
> to_char(sysdate,'yyyy') - 4.
>
> I would be interested in hearing from anyone else with a solution to this
> puzzle.
>
> TIA,
>
> Michael.

You have to use this:

     TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD.MM')||'.'||
        TO_CHAR(TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'YYYY'))-4),'DD.MM.YYYY')

Hope it helps

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