How to find previous weeks date?

Question

The method should retrieve the date in the previous week that corresponds most closely to the specified date.

fromdate = prevMth(systemDateGet());

need to change the above code so that i could get the date of the previous week instead of previous month with respect to the present date.

Answer 1

No function is needed, just use date arithmetic.

systemDateGet() - 7

This will return the prior week date. This of cause implies you use a calendar with 7 day weeks.

Some additional things you may find useful:

• wkOfYr(...)
• dayOfWk(...)
• DateTimeUtil::[VariousFunctionsHere]

Answer 2

In D365FinOps you can also use:

HcmDateTimeUtil::calculateDateWithOffset(PeriodUnit::Day,7,false)