Newest functions Upload a function Leave a tip My account

There are 2,572 functions in this library.

Academic ( theDate )

Returns the academic season of a given date.

Average rating: 4.4 (29 votes) Log in to vote

Matt Wills - Show more from this author
Virtual Vermont
http://www.virtualvermont.com/FMP/

Sample input:

1/1/2005

Sample output:

Winter 2004

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/* Academic ( theDate ) */

Let ( [
Mo = Month ( theDate ) ;
Yr = Year ( theDate )
] ;

Case (
Mo = 1 or Mo = 2; "Winter " & Yr - 1 ;
Mo ≥ 3 and Mo ≤ 5 ; "Spring " & Yr ;
Mo = 6 or Mo = 7 ; "Summer " & Yr ;
Mo ≥ 8 and Mo ≤ 10 ; "Fall " & Yr ;
Mo = 11  or Mo = 12 ; "Winter " & Yr ;
) )

Identifies the academic season of a given date.

Considers January and February to be part of the Winter season of the previous year.

Comments

Note: these functions are not guaranteed or supported by BrianDunning.com. Please contact the individual developer with any questions or problems.

Support this website.

This library has been a free commmunity resource for FileMaker users and developers for 21 years. It receives no funding and has no advertisements. If it has helped you out, I'd really appreciate it if you could contribute whatever you think it's worth:

Nope