Re: how to get the settlement day?

Posted by Luigi Ballabio on
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/how-to-get-the-settlement-day-tp7873p7875.html

On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 05:15 -0500, Johnson, Cedrick W. wrote:

> Take a look at the samples, in particular Bonds.cpp:
>
> Calendar calendar = TARGET();
>
>          Date settlementDate(18, September, 2008);
>          // must be a business day
>          settlementDate = calendar.adjust(settlementDate);
>
>          Integer fixingDays = 3;
>          Natural settlementDays = 3;
>
>          Date todaysDate = calendar.advance(settlementDate, -fixingDays, Days);
>

But in your case, you might want it backwards:

Date settlementDate = calendar.advance(tradeDate, settlementDays, Days);

or, if you instantiated the bond already, just call

bond.settlementDate(tradeDate);


Luigi



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