Day

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Day

Purpose

Returns a number from 1 to 31, for the day of the month on which a date occurs.

Format

Day(date)

Parameters

date - any calendar date

Data type returned

number

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description

Use Day, for example, to identify the day of the month on which payments are due.

Important To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years. For more information about how FileMaker Pro handles two-digit dates, see Conversion of dates with two-digit years.

Examples

Day(“5/15/2014”) returns 15. This example assumes that the system date format is MM/DD/YYYY.

Day(DateSold) returns the day of the month stored in DateSold.

If(Day(Get(CurrentDate))= 15 and Month(Get(CurrentDate))=3;“Beware the Ides of March”;””) displays the text Beware the Ides of March only when the day of the month returned by Get(CurrentDate) is 15 and the month returned by Get(CurrentDate) is 3; otherwise it displays nothing.