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    <p>I had a similar problem a few months ago, and I ended up writing a quick script to create entries in a database for each pay period so I never had to actually do the math. This way, The system works the same speed, and doesn't have to do any slow iterations every time a period is requested.</p> <p>That being said, you can always take the starting date, and add two weeks (or however long your periods are) over and over until you reach the dates you specify in the function call. This is a bit ugly, and the longer it sits in production, the slower it gets (since the dates are getting further and further apart).</p> <p>Both ways are trivial to implement, it's just a matter of what kind of resources you have at hand to tackle the issue.</p> <p>So, for number 1: Start with either 1/4/2009 or 1/11/2009 (depending on even/odd pay week) and add 2 weeks until the givenDate is less than the date you're testing + 2 weeks. That's the start of the period.</p> <p>For number 2: Same thing, start at the date and add 2 weeks until you're within the date range. While you're there, add each item to a list. As soon as you're past the last date, break out of your loop and return your shiny new list.</p> <p>If you used my method and went with a database to house all this info, it turns into 2 simple queries:</p> <p>1)<code>SELECT * FROM payperiods WHERE startdate&lt;=givenDate ORDER BY startdate LIMIT 1</code></p> <p>2) <code>SELECT * FROM payperiods WHERE startdate&gt;=givenDate AND enddate&lt;=givenDate ORDER BY startdate</code></p>
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    1. POHow can I get correct payperiod from date?
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    1. COThis works but, as you say, it's clunky. My current method is clunky too, but it's a little less. I'm hoping to upgrade.
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    2. COYeah... the way I went with the database works, and it's fast. But if the company I wrote this for is still around in 3009, they better have some new payroll system in place :)
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    3. COPoint taken. If nothing better comes up, you get the points.
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