getPreviousTradingDay¶

Purpose¶

Returns the previous trading day.

Format¶

prev_date = getPreviousTradingDay(a)¶

Parameters:: date (scalar) – date in DT scalar format.
Returns:: prev_date (scalar) – previous trading day in DT scalar format.

Examples¶

// Convert string to date to dt date
dt_date = strtodt("2012-07-12", "YYYY-MO-DD");

/*
** Get next trading day and print
** string form
*/
dttostr(getPreviousTradingDay(dt_date), "YYYY-MO-DD");

This prints the previous trading day to the screen in string format

2012-07-11

Remarks¶

A trading day is a weekday that is not a holiday as defined by the New York Stock Exchange from 1888 through 2020. Holidays are defined in holidays.asc. You may edit that file to modify or add holidays.

Source¶

finutils.src

Globals¶

_fin_holidays