Example: If you purchased a 120-day option on a piece of land on 14 May
2004, what would be the expiration date ? Assume that you normally express
dates in the day-month-year format.
Keystrokes
gÔ
14.052004\
120gD
When gD is executed as an instruction in a running program, the calculator
pauses for about 1 second to display the result, then resumes program execution.
Section 2: Percentage and Calendar Functions
Display
7.04
14.05
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Sets date format to
day-month-year. (Display shown
assumes date remains from
preceding example. The full date
is not now displayed because the
display format is set to show only
two decimal places, as described
in Section 5.)
Keys in the date and separates it
from the number of days to be
entered.
The expiration date is 11
September 2004, a Saturday.
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