Re: Correcting AGE_INFO
Re: Correcting AGE_INFO
- Subject: Re: Correcting AGE_INFO
- From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:38:24 -0500
On 05/02/2010, at 17:20 , Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> But if the second (newer, current) date is a Sat or Sun, moving it up
>>> to the next Monday will add an extra business day that hasn't happened
>>> yet. So you should instead move it backwards to the previous Friday.
>>>
>> I don't agree with this.
>> Obviously it all boils down to what the op wants... but if you ask me, if you move the day to Friday, you will incur in an error.
>> If the document was modified on Thursday and current day is Saturday, does it make sense that it has been one day since it was "modified"?
>> I assume if I am charging you for the service I'd put Monday, if I am paying I'd move it to Friday!
>> So, it is not dates, it is money....
>> :)
>
> No, because we're counting inclusively, whether there's a weekend
> adjustment or not. If you start on Thursday and the current day is
> Friday, that's two business days, not one. If you start on Thursday
> and the current day is still that same Thursday, that's one business
> day, not zero. That's what the inclusive count means, and that's what
> NETWORKDAYS function in Excel will say.
>
> So if you start on Thursday and it's now Saturday, the correct answer
> is still 2 - but if you move the end date it to Monday and count
> Thursday to Monday, that would be THREE, which is incorrect for a
> Saturday end.
>
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
I don't know much about the business world.
But if I order something on a Thursday and the order says I'll have it in 5 business days, I assume they mean the next Thursday.
Is that just me?
2 business days; I'd expect it on Monday.
Deivy Petrescu
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