_DateAdd

[noobieautolearn]

The issue I'm having seems relatively straight forward, but I've run into an issue an I wonder if there is a work around. 

 

If I run the code below I get : ==> Variable cannot be accessed in this manner.:

#include <Date.au3>

$sDateTime = "2016/01/31 23:00:00"

$sDateTime2 = _DateAdd('d', 1, $sDateTime())

MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Date: " & $sDateTime2)

 

If I run the code below it works.

#include <Date.au3>

$sDateTime2 = _DateAdd('d', 1, "2016/01/31 23:00:00"())

MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Date: " & $sDateTime2)

Is there a work around for this? I want to take a date that is stored in a variable from earlier in the script and add a day to it.

Edited May 23, 2018 by noobieautolearn

[JLogan3o13]

Your first one will work if you take the () out after $sDateTime. It is a variable, not a function.

[noobieautolearn]

40 minutes ago, JLogan3o13 said:

Your first one will work if you take the () out after $sDateTime. It is a variable, not a function.

Interesting, thank you very much that worked, I appreciate it.  Why then does it work when you have the () after the date and time in the second example?

[JLogan3o13]

Your second example did not work for me, until I took the () out. What version of AutoIt, and what version of Windows, are you using?

[noobieautolearn]

17 hours ago, JLogan3o13 said:

Your second example did not work for me, until I took the () out. What version of AutoIt, and what version of Windows, are you using?

That is strange, I got it to work running by running it in SciTE-Lite go using the tools then go option. I have SciTE-Lite version Version 3.5.4 .

[JLogan3o13]

Which makes sense, as Scite-Lite would not perform the AU3Check syntax check before running.