Hi,

>> Check on ((Month * 100) + Day)
>
> That's an interesting idea.
>
> I was skeptic, if it is working and I was true: this also has a problem,
> when the year is changing:
>
> currentday = 2005-12-22 = 1222
> currentday + 14 = 2006-01-06 = 106

:-/ You're correct that this doesn't work.

Note, that you must keep this in mind for the shadow column too :-)

Regards,
Arno Brinkman
ABVisie

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