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
Entering dates with two-digit years.
Examples
Day ( "5/15/2019" ) 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.
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