Re: [math date]: Arrrggh!

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50483
interpreted = N
texte = Oh, OkIt's because my read date prefs are YYYYMMDD (text sortable)So[math date]{[2003/05/20}+{0000/0/03}[/math]works...-WillOn Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 08:50 AM, andy mowrey wrote:> Not sure; I copy & pasted this onto a page & got 05/23/2003. > > WebDNA 4.5.1 > Mac OS 10.2.3 > > andy > > On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 09:39 America/Havana, WJ Starck wrote: > >> The docs say: >> >>> Date Math: >>> >>> Dates may be included in mathematical expressions by enclosing the >>> date in braces ( '{' and '}' ). You may easily add or subtract days, >>> months, or years from dates by expressing them as a complete date. >>> Use 0 for values you want ignored. That is, in order to add 2 months >>> to today's date you would write an expression like the following >>> [math date]{[date]}+{2/0/0000}[/math]. It is a good idea to group >>> math expressions involving dates together by using parentheses. >> >> So why does the following >> >> [math date]{05/20/2003}+{0/3/0000}[/math] >> >> give me 04/25/1912 >> >> instead of the expected 05/23/2003? >> -- >> >> Will Starck >> NovaDerm Skincare Science >> http://www.novaderm.com >> wjs@novaderm.com >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > --Will Starck NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com wjs@novaderm.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [math date]: Arrrggh! (dbrooke 2003)
  2. Re: [math date]: Arrrggh! (WJ Starck 2003)
  3. Re: [math date]: Arrrggh! (Joe D'Andrea 2003)
  4. Re: [math date]: Arrrggh! (andy mowrey 2003)
  5. Re: [math date]: Arrrggh! (Joe D'Andrea 2003)
  6. [math date]: Arrrggh! (WJ Starck 2003)
Oh, OkIt's because my read date prefs are YYYYMMDD (text sortable)So[math date]{[2003/05/20}+{0000/0/03}[/math]works...-WillOn Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 08:50 AM, andy mowrey wrote:> Not sure; I copy & pasted this onto a page & got 05/23/2003. > > WebDNA 4.5.1 > Mac OS 10.2.3 > > andy > > On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 09:39 America/Havana, WJ Starck wrote: > >> The docs say: >> >>> Date Math: >>> >>> Dates may be included in mathematical expressions by enclosing the >>> date in braces ( '{' and '}' ). You may easily add or subtract days, >>> months, or years from dates by expressing them as a complete date. >>> Use 0 for values you want ignored. That is, in order to add 2 months >>> to today's date you would write an expression like the following >>> [math date]{[date]}+{2/0/0000}[/math]. It is a good idea to group >>> math expressions involving dates together by using parentheses. >> >> So why does the following >> >> [math date]{05/20/2003}+{0/3/0000}[/math] >> >> give me 04/25/1912 >> >> instead of the expected 05/23/2003? >> -- >> >> Will Starck >> NovaDerm Skincare Science >> http://www.novaderm.com >> wjs@novaderm.com >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > --Will Starck NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com wjs@novaderm.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ WJ Starck

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