Function Description
Numeric Functions Accepts numeric input and returns numeric values.
Text Functions Accepts character input and can return both character and number
values.
Aggregate Functions Executes a predefined function and returns an aggregate value.
Date Functions
Date functions return a value that is either a date or a number that relates to a
date.
Function Description
Add-Days Returns a datetime value resulting from adding a number of days
to a date.
Add-Months Returns a datetime value resulting from adding a number of
months to a date.
Add-Years Returns a datetime value resulting from adding a number of years
to a date.
Age Returns age as a day-month-year interval by subtracting a specified
date from today's date.
Date-to-Days-from-
1900
Returns the number of days since Jan 1, 1900 inclusive. The value
returned is negative if the date is before 1900.
Day Returns a numeric value for the day of the month from 1 to 31,
from a date, datetime value, or interval.
Days-to-End-of-
Month
Returns the number of days to the last day of the month from a
date or datetime value.
First-of-Month Returns the first day of the month from a date or datetime value.
Last-of-Month Returns the last day of the month from a date or datetime value.
Month Returns the month number as an integer from 1 to 12, from a date
or datetime value.
Months-Between Returns the number of months between two dates. If the first date
is later than the second date, then the result is a negative number.
Today Returns the current date according to the date set on your
computer.
Year Returns the year from the date.
Years-Between Returns the number of years from one date to another date.
358 IBM Cognos Transformer Version 10.1.1: User Guide