Bonm (Tag-based PE function)

Return a timestamp for midnight on the first day of a following month from a given time expression.

Syntax

Bonm(t1)

Arguments

t1

Time expression, enclosed in single quotes

Returns

Timestamp for the start of the next month.

Exceptions

None

Notes

This function is useful for establishing a time at a unique clock time independent of the length of particular days.

Example

Bonm('*')

• [Return a timestamp for midnight on the first day of next month.]

  Bonm('y')

• [Return a timestamp for midnight on the first day of the following month from yesterday's date.]

  Bonm(FindEq('att1', '-60d', '*', 50))

• [Return a timestamp for midnight on the first day of the following month when the value of 'att1' was first equal to 50 in the past 60 days.]