Microsoft KB Archive/210064

= HOW TO: Determine If a Date Falls on a Weekend or on a Holiday in Access 2000 =

Article ID: 210064

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q210064



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

For a Microsoft Access 2002 version of this article, see 290152.

IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Create a Holidays Table
 * Create the Custom Function
 * Usage Example

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SUMMARY
This article shows you how to create a Visual Basic for Applications function to determine if a date falls on a weekend or holiday. This example is useful for setting due dates in applications that have billing or invoicing features.

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following example uses the WeekDay function to determine if a specific date falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Then, it uses a DLookup function to determine if it falls on a date stored in a user-created Holidays table.

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Create a Holidays Table
The following example requires a table with a particular structure for storing Holiday dates. To create the table and sample records, follow these steps:   Create a new table in Design view and add the following fields:   Table: Holidays ---  Field Name: HolidayName Data Type: Text Field Name: HoliDate Date Type: Date/Time   Save the table as Holidays and switch the table to Datasheet view. Add the following records:   HolidayName                         HoliDate New Year's Day                     1/1/2000 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (USA)  1/15/2000 Memorial Day (observed-USA)        5/29/2000 Labor Day (USA)                    9/4/2000  Close and save the Holidays table.

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Create the Custom Function
To create a function that determines if a date falls on a weekend or holiday, follow these steps:  Create a new module in Design view.  Add the following function: Function OfficeClosed(TheDate) As Integer OfficeClosed = False TheDate = Format(TheDate, "dd/mm/yyyy") ' Test for Saturday or Sunday. If WeekDay(TheDate) = 1 Or WeekDay(TheDate) = 7 Then OfficeClosed = True ' Test for Holiday. ElseIf Not IsNull(DLookup("HoliDate", "Holidays", "[HoliDate]=#" _ & TheDate & "#")) Then OfficeClosed = True End If

End Function </li>  To test this function, type the following line into the Immediate window, and then press ENTER: ? OfficeClosed(#9/4/2000#) Note that this returns a True value (-1) because 9/4/2000 is listed in the Holidays table. </li></ol>

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Usage Example
You can use the custom OfficeClosed function to calculate due dates. For example, if your office or business is closed for a three-day weekend, you may want to extend your customers' grace period for their outstanding bills. Here's sample code for adding one more day to a grace period: DueDate=OrderDate+30 Do While OfficeClosed(DueDate) DueDate=DateDue+1 Loop

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