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Day

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

Example 1

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.

Example 2

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.

If ( 
   Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) = 15 and Month ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) = 3;
   "Beware the Ides of March" ; 
   ""
)

Day