Re: HELP WITH DATES
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10454
interpreted = N
texte = >The [math] context now understands how to work with dates and we're trying >to decide what the standard behavior should be. Please let us know how you >feel on these various options:>Note: Dates are automatically detected in the math context as long as they >are in the following form
//.Will it be able to deal with my preferred YEAR/MONTH/DAY format (as in 1997/04/23) instead of just understanding MONTH/DAY/YEAR?>1. dates are automatically converted to an integer value (days since 1/1/0) >and then added, subtracted, etc. This means that if you add 0/0/1 to todays >date you will really be adding 365 days which may not give you todays date >a year from now because of leap years. However, it does let you easily >subtract two dates to get the days between them so they can be used for an >input somewhere else. The result of the math will be an integer value that >you can convert back to a date using the [format] context (with a parameter >of days_to_date: [format days_to_date][math]...[/math][/format]. > >2. if any date is detected in the math context ...How is it going to detect whether or not there's a date in the math context? In other words, what's it looking for that makes it decide that it's dealing with a date instead of a text string? Just the slashes? Or two slashes separated by two other characters? or ???>then the entire expression >will be evaluated and output as a date. That is, you can add 12/8/65+0/0/31 >and you will get 12/8/96 regardless of leap years. And, the result of the >math expression will be 12/8/96 so there is no need to wrap the [format] >context around it. However, if you want to subtract two dates to get the >number of days between them you will need to format the date as days (for >example [format date_to_days][math]...[/math][/format]). Also, any integers >in the expression will be assumed to be days and handled appropriately.I dunno, this takes a lot of thinking, and I'm not sure I can do that today ... :)Sincerely, Ken ------------------------------------ To leave this talk list send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------
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>The [math] context now understands how to work with dates and we're trying >to decide what the standard behavior should be. Please let us know how you >feel on these various options:>Note: Dates are automatically detected in the math context as long as they >are in the following form //.Will it be able to deal with my preferred YEAR/MONTH/DAY format (as in 1997/04/23) instead of just understanding MONTH/DAY/YEAR?>1. dates are automatically converted to an integer value (days since 1/1/0) >and then added, subtracted, etc. This means that if you add 0/0/1 to todays >date you will really be adding 365 days which may not give you todays date >a year from now because of leap years. However, it does let you easily >subtract two dates to get the days between them so they can be used for an >input somewhere else. The result of the math will be an integer value that >you can convert back to a date using the [format] context (with a parameter >of days_to_date: [format days_to_date][math]...[/math][/format]. > >2. if any date is detected in the math context ...How is it going to detect whether or not there's a date in the math context? In other words, what's it looking for that makes it decide that it's dealing with a date instead of a text string? Just the slashes? Or two slashes separated by two other characters? or ???>then the entire expression >will be evaluated and output as a date. That is, you can add 12/8/65+0/0/31 >and you will get 12/8/96 regardless of leap years. And, the result of the >math expression will be 12/8/96 so there is no need to wrap the [format] >context around it. However, if you want to subtract two dates to get the >number of days between them you will need to format the date as days (for >example [format date_to_days][math]...[/math][/format]). Also, any integers >in the expression will be assumed to be days and handled appropriately.I dunno, this takes a lot of thinking, and I'm not sure I can do that today ... :)Sincerely, Ken ------------------------------------ To leave this Talk List send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------
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