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

SUMMARY

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.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual.

NOTE: Visual Basic for Applications is called Access Basic in Microsoft Access versions 1.x and 2.0. For more information about Access Basic, please refer to the "Introduction to Programming" manual in Microsoft Access version 1.x or the "Building Applications" manual in Microsoft Access version 2.0

  '******************************************************
   '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
				

   =FindEOM(#5/5/94#)