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[ABAP] Quick way to get last year’s BEGDA and ENDDA

Using method get_current_year of class cl_hcmfab_reporting_utility you can get BEGDA and ENDDA of the current year, e.g. 01.01.2025 and 31.12.2025

  CALL METHOD cl_hcmfab_reporting_utility=>get_current_year
    EXPORTING
      iv_date  = sy-datlo
    IMPORTING
      ev_begda = DATA(begda)
      ev_endda = DATA(endda).

I couldn’t find a similar method to get the same for the last year. But I could solve the problem with three simple lines.

DATA(last_year) = conv d( sy-datlo - 365 ).
DATA(begda)     = last_year(4) && '0101'.
DATA(endda)     = last_year(4) && '1231'.

After that, I asked Perplexity and it gave me a similar result.

DATA(lv_last_year) = sy-datum+0(4) - 1.
DATA(lv_begda)     = |{ lv_last_year }0101|.
DATA(lv_endda)     = |{ lv_last_year }1231|.

Using this method, you could even reduce it to two lines, and it would still be easy to read.

DATA(begda)  = |{ sy-datum(4) - 1 }0101|.
DATA(endda)  = |{ sy-datum(4) - 1 }1231|.