ACC2000: FindEOM() Sample Function to Find Last Day of Month (210493)

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This article shows you how to create a sample Visual Basic for Applications function called FindEOM() that accepts a date as an argument and returns the last day of the month.

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The following sample code demonstrates how to set up the FindEOM() function. Enter the following in a new or existing module:

'******************************************************
'Declarations Section of Module
'******************************************************
Option Explicit

'******************************************************
'FindEOM Function
'******************************************************
'This function takes a date as an argument and returns the last
'day of the month.
Function FindEOM (MyDate)

   Dim NextMonth, EndOfMonth
   NextMonth = DateAdd("m", 1, MyDate)
   EndOfMonth = NextMonth - DatePart("d", NextMonth)
   FindEOM = EndOfMonth

End Function

Use the following sample expression to call the FindEOM() function:

=FindEOM(#5/5/99#)

To view the results of the FindEOM() function, type the following line in the module's Immediate window and the press ENTER:

?FindEOM(#5/5/99#)