pears.dateToNearest [iqx]

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====== pears.dateToNearest ======
<WRAP center round info>
Generated schema reference. Regenerate this page from the SQL unload; keep hand-maintained business notes in the narrative namespace.
</WRAP>

===== Original SQL =====
<code sql>
COMMENT TO PRESERVE FORMAT ON PROCEDURE "pears"."dateToNearest" IS 
{create function dateToNearest 

/* Application Maintained Function / Procedure - DO NOT EDIT*/

( in pDate date,in pUnit char(1) ) 
returns date
deterministic
begin
  case pUnit
  when 'd' then
    return pDate
  when 'w' then
    while dow(pDate) <> 2 loop
      set pDate = pDate-1
    end loop;
    return pDate
  when 'm' then
    return ymd(year(pDate),month(pDate),1)
  when 'q' then
    return ymd(year(pDate),floor((month(pDate)-1)/3)*3+1,1)
  when 'y' then
    return ymd(year(pDate),1,1)
  end case
end
}
</code>