# Period Current Month at Change of Month

**URL:** <https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/period-current-month-at-change-of-month/1297>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Created:** [October 1, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/period-current-month-at-change-of-month/1297 "2019-10-01T13:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![StuartH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/pug.phocassoftware.com/stuarth/32/394_2.png) [@StuartH](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/StuartH)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/period-current-month-at-change-of-month/1297/2 "2019-10-01T14:07:56Z")

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I agree entirely and created this Product Suggestion.

> [@Parent & Child Period Ranges - Current Month Issue](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/parent-child-ranges/1183):
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> One issue we always face is that if I have a custom report where i’m trying to show both Yesterday and Month to date, I can set both ranges to work independently as “Yesterday” and “Current Month”. However if I run the report on the 1st August I would get 31st July in the Yesterday part and 1st August as the Current Month. If I build the report today as Previous Month to make it work, tomorrow I’ll get 1st August in the Yesterday section but July in the Month section. Systems I’ve used in the…

Can you comment on the thread and like it to raise it’s profile. Phocas don’t seem to understand the need for an offset to always force the selected month to be based on “Yesterday” at month end.

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