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EOMONTH Function

Returns the serial date number for the last day of the month before or after a specified number of months from a starting date.

Wrangle vs. SQL: This function is part of Wrangle, a proprietary data transformation language. Wrangle is not SQL. For more information, see Wrangle Language.

Basic Usage

eomonth(myDate, 3)

Output: Returns the values for the last date of the month that is three months after the serial date number value in the myDate column.

Syntax and Arguments

eomonth(start_date,delta_months)

Argument

Required?

Data Type

Description

start_date

Y

Datetime

Starting date.

delta_months

Y

integer

Number of months before or after the starting date to apply to the date value.

For more information on syntax standards, see Language Documentation Syntax Notes.

start_date

Starting date values from which to compute end-of-month values.

Usage Notes:

Required?

Data Type

Example Value

Yes

Literal Datetime or column reference

LastContactDate

delta_months

Number of months to add to the date value to determine the month whose last date is returned.

  • Negative integer values are accepted.

Usage Notes:

Required?

Data Type

Example Value

Yes

Integer

-3

Examples

提示

For additional examples, see Common Tasks.

Example - EOMONTH Function

Source:

In the following table, you can see how the the end-of-month values are calculated from a baseline date of June 15, 2020.

eventId

eventDate

deltaMonth

1

06/15/2020

-24

2

06/15/2020

-18

3

06/15/2020

-12

4

06/15/2020

-6

5

06/15/2020

-3

6

06/15/2020

-2

7

06/15/2020

-1

8

06/15/2020

0

9

06/15/2020

1

10

06/15/2020

2

11

06/15/2020

3

12

06/15/2020

6

13

06/15/2020

12

14

06/15/2020

18

15

06/15/2020

24

Transformation:

Transformation Name

New formula

Parameter: Formula type

Single row formula

Parameter: Formula

eomonth(eventDate,deltaMonth)

Parameter: New column name

'deltaMonthSerialDate'

Results:

eventId

eventDate

deltaMonth

deltaMonthSerialDate

1

06/15/2020

-24

43281

2

06/15/2020

-18

43465

3

06/15/2020

-12

43646

4

06/15/2020

-6

43830

5

06/15/2020

-3

43921

6

06/15/2020

-2

43951

7

06/15/2020

-1

43982

8

06/15/2020

0

44012

9

06/15/2020

1

44043

10

06/15/2020

2

44074

11

06/15/2020

3

44104

12

06/15/2020

6

44196

13

06/15/2020

12

44377

14

06/15/2020

18

44561

15

06/15/2020

24

44742