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Fast Formula - Current Date

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edited Jul 22, 2021 6:32PM in Workforce Management 3 comments

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How can you get the current date in a fast formula?

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The fast formula in question is the Global Absence Accrual.  Everything I find about getting the current date is to use GET_CONTEXT(EFFECTIVE_DATE,'4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)).  If I run the Calculate Accruals process for a given date and that specifc person is weekly, the date it produces is the pay period end and not the current date.

For example, Calculate Accruals with effective date of  6/20/2022.  The GET_CONTEXT produces 6/25/2022 which is the Satruday pay period ending date in which the 6/20/22 falls in.  This causes a problem for a person who has an anniversary date of 6/21/2021.  The accrual is being given on any earlier day in the Calculate Process prior to 6/21.  For the week in question the 6/20/22 effective date in which the Calculate Accruals was processed is giving the accrual one day early.  So how do I get the SYSDATE() or TODAY() or CURRENTDAY() or whatever it is since GET_CONTEXT(EFFECTIVE DATE) does not

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