DateRange

DateRange[date1,date2]

gives all dates in the range from date1 to date2.

DateRange[date1,date2,increment]

gives the dates in the range from date1 to date2 that are increment apart.

Details and Options

  • Dates can be specified in the following forms:
  • DateObject[…]date object
    {y,m,d,h,m,s}precise time
    {y,m,d}year, month, day
    {y,m}the first day of the specified month
    {y}the first day of the first month of the year y
    "string"date as a string ("Jan. 1, 2000")
    timeabsolute time specification
  • {y,m,d} is taken to be equivalent to {y,m,d,0,0,0} etc.
  • Possible increments are denominated in the following calendar steps and day types: "Year", "Quarter", "Month", "Week", "Day", "Hour", "Minute", "Second", "Weekday", "Weekend", Monday through Sunday, "EndOfMonth", "BeginningOfMonth", and "BusinessDay".
  • Mixed-radix increments are permitted.
  • An increment may be specified using the Quantity framework.
  • DateRange[date1,date2,inc,gran] gives dates with the specified granularity gran. The default is Automatic, determined by the granularity of date1.
  • In DateRange[date1,date2] where date2 is a granular DateObject, range results will include all dates through the end of date2.
  • DateRange takes the following option:
  • CalendarType"Gregorian"calendar in which the date parameters have been specified
    HolidayCalendar{"UnitedStates","Default"}holiday schedule and subspecification for the business day and holiday computations

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Give all the dates in a date range:

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Increment dates by one week:

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Increment dates by one year, one month, and one day:

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DateRange has constraints similar to Range:

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Scope  (5)

Options  (3)

See Also

DayRange  DateDifference  Interval

Introduced in 2012
(9.0)
| Updated in 2018
(11.3)