Transform Date Field to Flag

I'm having trouble transforming the data associated with Start_Date to the associated meta-data (Year/Period dimensions).
I'm not sure if this is possible, and have spent some time researching with no apparent solutions. I am trying to allow users to enter a date in the Account dimension and then transform that date in a business rule to a flag associated with the correct Year and Period dimension.
For example, my application has a date member which users can enter via Planning: Start_Date = 20110301. I'd like to transform that date to a flag to be used for other purposes: Start_Date_Flag->FY11->Mar=1.
I can accurately calculate just the month and just the year portion of the data.
Since months are fixed (always only 12 months), I can use IF statements to place the flag in the correct months.
Since years are not fixed, I'd like to find a dynamic solution without creating a multitude of IF statements.
I thought something like the following would be my solution:
Year Dim Members=FY10,FY11,FY12,...
Year Dim Aliases:2010,2011,2012,...
FIX(@NAME(@MEMBER(@ROUND("Start_Date"/10000,0))))
CLEARDATA "Start_Date_Flag";
"Start_Date_Flag"(
IF(@ROUND(("Start_Date"-(@ROUND("Start_Date"/10000,0))*10000)/100,0)==1)
"Start_Date_Flag"->Jan=1;
ELSEIF(@ROUND(("Start_Date"-(@ROUND("Start_Date"/10000,0))*10000)/100,0)==2)
"Start_Date_Flag"->Feb=1;
ENDFIX
I can't seem to use the @ROUND function on the Start_Date (expecting number) and fix on the value (expecting member|string).
Has anyone successfully implemented a similar solution? Do you have any examples I could use?
Thanks for your help!

I am assuming you have expertise in writing formula. Here is link to another post: Use difference between 2 dates in calculation
I have posted certain member formulae in the post that can you help you create similar flag as you need based on hire month and hire year. Hint: You might need to create additional members to create flags/values for hire month and hire year.
Let me know if you need additional help.

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