Re: date problem

[Bob Proulx]

Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Heiko Schlichting on 3/30/2009 7:09 AM:
> > thank you for your quick response. I dont't send this answer to the list as
> > this is a frequent question and bothering people is not my intention.
> > 
> > But the question is frequent as this a really unexpected behavior. You can
> > document it and improve the FAQ (which does not really describe this case
> > even after reading FAQ 24 multiple times) but as it is so unexpected,
> > I doubt that this question will cease.
> 
> If our FAQ doesn't answer the frequent question, then we should improve
> it.  Hence, involving the list is the right thing, when you are arguing
> that the FAQ is insufficient.

I have added to the FAQ entry in order to better address this issue.
Hopefully it explains this case better now.

> >> If you have a suggestion on how to improve the FAQ, we are all ears.

Yes, please.

> > I don't know about a similar single-call workaround for 'last month' as it
> > is not possible to specify '15th of the actual month' without calling date
> > to get the actual month first.

Correct.  You must call date first to calculate the month first.  I
have added some examples of this in the FAQ.

Bob