comparing dates

[#1]

masters in my application i have to compare 2 dates in  2 variable 

var1 var2 i have to check whether var1 is greater then  var2 or not how to do it please tell me

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Message was edited by: Thomas Zloch

[Former Member]

Use FM HR_HK_DIFF_BT_2_DATES to  get difference between two dates .

[kakshat]

You can simply use the relational operators > or < on your dates if they are in the internal date format (YYYYMMDD).

[Former Member]

hi ravi

you can compare dates by simply using the keyword GT .

Ex:

If d1 gt d2 .

write d1.

else .

write d2.

endif.

regards

vaibhav

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can simply do it as follow:

if date1 gt date2.

write:'date1 is greater then date2 '.

else.

write:'date2 is greater then date1 '.

endif.

Your code is not working because:

l_diff must be of type sy-datum ,Since date1 and date2 are of type sy-datum,else proper conversion will not haapen.In your code i_diff is of type 'i'.

[ujjaval-bhalala]

Hi ravi kumar,

First declare two variable with data type D,

Then you can easily compare these variable with arithmetic operators.

[ravi_kumar221]

if  wa_header-POSTING_DATE > wa_headerctr-vper_end .
          wa_message-msgid = 'ZSRM_BBP_DOC_CHECK' .
               wa_message-msgno  =  '007'.
               wa_message-msgty = 'E'.
               APPEND wa_message TO et_messages.
         endif.

my code

[Venkat_Sesha]

Please check the below link which will give function modules available for calculating date related operations.

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3283689

hope this helps

[Former Member]

Hi Ravi,

Can you please check the date format of both the work areas.

Try this in debugging mode and if they are different make them same.

Regards,

Amit

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can compare like

if var1 < var2

----Do Some thing-----

endif.

Hope this will help.

Regards,

Amit

[Former Member]

Hi see the following logic.

data: l_diff type i.

<d1>-date1

<d2>-date2

l_diff = <d1> - <d2>.

if l_diff lt 0.

<d1> is less than <d2>

else.

<d1> is greater than <d2>

endif.

[Former Member]

You can compare dates using simple mathematical operators.

[ravi_kumar221]

im doing thatbut it is not working

[Former Member]

can you paste the code?? it will be helpful to explain

[Former Member]

May be the dates are in different format than the MMDDYYYY format. so you can either mask them to this format or use the following module ...

call function 'FIMA_DAYS_AND_MONTHS_AND_YEARS'

exporting

i_date_from = FROMDATE

i_date_to = TODATE

* I_FLG_SEPARATE = ' '

IMPORTING

E_DAYS = EDAYS

E_MONTHS = EMONTHS.

* E_YEARS = EYEARS.