Terenz Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 A question, i don't know what function i need to do this calculation Today is 27/06/2014 ( Day/Month/Year ) 8 days ago was 19/06/2014 36 days ago was 22/05/2014 I want to convert "8 days ago" to a Day/Month/Year date, how i can do? Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted June 27, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2014 Terenz,_NowCalcDate & _DateDiff. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terenz Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 DateDiff want a "Input Start date" in the format YYYY/MM/DD but i have only the DD Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 How do you think AutoIt can calculate a valid result when DD is 2 and you want to go 8 days back? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted June 27, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2014 Terenz, i have only the DDYou said earlier you had "Day/Month/Year". How about explaining what you are actually trying to do. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terenz Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) I have found the solution by myself, thanks to Melba and "Date" UDF #include <Date.au3> Local $D, $M, $Y, $8DaysAgo = 8 Local $sNowDate_ToDays = _DateToDayValue(@YEAR, @MON, @MDAY) $sDate = _DayValueToDate($sNowDate_ToDays - $8DaysAgo, $Y, $M, $D) MsgBox(0, 0, "8 days ago was: " & $D & "/" & $M & "/" & $Y) Edited June 27, 2014 by Terenz Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution jchd Posted June 27, 2014 Solution Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) You're making your life more complex than it should be: #include <Date.au3> ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace(_DateAdd("D", -8, _NowCalcDate()), "(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)", "$3/$2/$1") & @LF) Edited June 27, 2014 by jchd This wonderful site allows debugging and testing regular expressions (many flavors available). An absolute must have in your bookmarks.Another excellent RegExp tutorial. Don't forget downloading your copy of up-to-date pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe hereRegExp tutorial: enough to get startedPCRE v8.33 regexp documentation latest available release and currently implemented in AutoIt beta. SQLitespeed is another feature-rich premier SQLite manager (includes import/export). Well worth a try.SQLite Expert (freeware Personal Edition or payware Pro version) is a very useful SQLite database manager.An excellent eBook covering almost every aspect of SQLite3: a must-read for anyone doing serious work.SQL tutorial (covers "generic" SQL, but most of it applies to SQLite as well)A work-in-progress SQLite3 tutorial. Don't miss other LxyzTHW pages!SQLite official website with full documentation (may be newer than the SQLite library that comes standard with AutoIt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terenz Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) jchd i want to subtract "8 days" from a date, not add it Your script do the opposite of mine Edited June 27, 2014 by Terenz Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Then replace 8 by -8. Easy? Yes! My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somdcomputerguy Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) I have found the solution by myself, thanks to Melba and "Date" UDF The example code in the Help file deserves some thanks too. I am stumped as to why that function accepts either 3 or 4 parameters. I know I could figure this out myself by looking thru the Date.au3 UDF, but it concerns me not and I need 10 more cups of coffee. </slight hijack> Edited June 27, 2014 by somdcomputerguy - Bruce /*somdcomputerguy */ If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 _DateAdd only accepts 3 parameters. _NowCalc doesn't accept a parameter. _DateToDayValue only accepts 3. ... Which function are you talking about? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted June 27, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2014 somdcomputerguy,You do realise that there are 2 complementary functions in that snippet? _DateToDayValue - which takes 3 parameters - ($iYear, $iMonth, $iDay)and_DayValueToDate - which takes 4 - ($iJulianDate, $iYear, $iMonth, $iDay)The reasons for the extra parameter in the latter seem pretty obvious. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somdcomputerguy Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Make that a dozen cups.. I'm so glad that I have an optometrist appointment tomorrow, which according to modified sample code in the Help file is #include <Date.au3> Local $sNewDate = _DateAdd('d', 1, _NowCalcDate()) MsgBox(4096, "", "Tomorrow is:" & $sNewDate) Edited June 27, 2014 by somdcomputerguy - Bruce /*somdcomputerguy */ If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terenz Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Then replace 8 by -8. Easy? Yes! I am not a sarcasm's lover. Nowhere, in the _DateAdd example, it says that you can subtract a value, rather: $iValToAdd = number to be added And the function is calle DateAdd and not DateSub I'll set the jchd "mark solved" when he change 8 with -8. Thanks Edited June 27, 2014 by Terenz Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdelaney Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) The examples show exactly that: ; Subtract 2 weeks from today $sNewDate = _DateAdd('w', -2, _NowCalcDate()) MsgBox(4096, "", "Today minus 2 weeks: " & $sNewDate) Adding a negative number is effectively a subtraction. Edited June 27, 2014 by jdelaney IEbyXPATH-Grab IE DOM objects by XPATH IEscriptRecord-Makings of an IE script recorder ExcelFromXML-Create Excel docs without excel installed GetAllWindowControls-Output all control data on a given window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted June 27, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2014 Terenz, Nowhere, in the _DateAdd example, it says that you can subtract a valueReally? The second snippet in the example code reads:; Subtract 2 weeks from today $sNewDate = _DateAdd('w', -2, _NowCalcDate())which seems pretty clear to me. However, I have now amended the text of the Help file page to make it quite clear in future that you can both add and subtract using this function. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terenz Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) I dont' have see the "Example" ( my bad ) i have read the _DateAdd ( $sType, $iValToAdd, $sDate ) and the parameters $iValToAdd = number to be added On MSDN is more clear: Number ( $iValToAdd <> $iNumber ) Floating-point expression representing the number of intervals you want to add. Number can be positive (to get date/time values in the future) or negative (to get date/time values in the past) etc... EDIT: Set jchd like "mark solved" Edited June 27, 2014 by Terenz Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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