If you are storing the date in a variable, like this:

let $now = datenow()

you need be declare the variable as a date variable, like this:

begin-setup
declare-variable
date $now
end-declare
end-setup

If you don’t declare $now as a date variable, SQR will make it a string variable. When you set $now equal to datenow(), SQR will convert the date to a string that looks like a date in your default format. Then, when you set a database date field to that value, SQR will convert the string to datetime that is 0 seconds after midnight.

You may find it easier to use the built-in database variable for system date and time. In Oracle, it is SYSDATE. You could write something like this:

begin-sql
update tablename
set datefield = sysdate
where keyfield = ‘X’
end-sql

I have a question about the use of the DATENOW()function in PeopleSoft SQR. In my pursuit of answers I came across this blog. I’m not sure asking this question is appropriate, but here goes.

I need to get the current datetime and update a field in a table. When I use the DATENOW() function I am getting the current date with time of 12:00:00 AM. Any ideas about what is occurring here

Thanks,
Kevin

The datediff function only works with date variables. You have to declare them in the setup section like this:

begin-setup
declare-variable
date $eff_dte $pay_end_dt
end-declare
end-setup

Then you need to set their values properly. If you are getting values from a database table, this is sufficient:

let $eff_dte = &EFFDT
let $pay_end_dt = &PAY_END_DT

But if you get them from any other source, you have to do something like this:

let $eff_dte = strtodate(’05/21/2009′, ‘mm/dd/yyyy’)
let $pay_end_dt = strtodate(’30-APR-2009′, ‘dd-mon-yyyy’)

This seems like a lot of work, but I think it’s worth it. Then your datediff will work and you can write:

if #date_diff < 6

I assume your “if ‘datediff’ < 6″ was a typo. You were comparing a string and a number.

Let #Date_diff = datediff ($Eff_Dte, $Pay_End_Dt, $MONTH)
If ‘datediff’ < 6

I am looking to compare employee start date vs. current pay period end date, to check whether a specific earn type was used within 6 months of their start date.

These are the errors I am getting:

Error on line 620:
(SQR 4045) Function or operator ‘datediff’ requires date argument.

Error on line 620:
(SQR 4045) Function or operator ‘datediff’ requires date argument.

Error on line 621:
(SQR 4048) Function or operator ‘<’ must be a string or date argument.

Thanks, Robert.

So now you have two people asking for it. How much more demand do you need?