DATE1P-d, &DATE1P-d, DATE2P-m, &DATE2P-m, DATE3P-d, or &DATE3P-d can be used to generate a decimal number for a past date relative to the current date of the run. d is days in the past and m is months in the past. d and m can be 0 to 9999.

Table 1 shows the form of the decimal number constant generated for each past date operand along with an example of the actual decimal number generated when the date of the run is June 21, 2005. yyyy represents the year, mm represents the month (01-12), dd represents the day (01-31) and ddd represents the day of the year (001-366).