| From: | Mark Hessling |
| Date: | 20 Oct 99 at 21:51:14 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Date |
From: Mark Hessling <m.hessling@qut.edu.au>
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> From: "Neil Bothwick" <neil@wire.net.uk>
>
> Mike Cardwell said,
>
> > I need for a part of one of my scripts, something that can figure out
> > the number of days between two dates eg 20-Aug-99 and 10-Oct-99 is 21
> > days. The dates are in this format, and it must be able to work over a
> > few months, and go into different years aswell. I'd appreciate any help
> > anyone can give. Thanks.
>
> Here's what the readme says on thew date() function. Your example could
> be calculated with
>
> date(B,19991010,S) - date(B,19990820,S)
>
> DATE()
> Usage: DATE([option],[date],[format])
> Returns the current date in the specified format. The default ('Normal')
> option returns the date in the form DD MMM YYYY, as in 20 Apr 1988.
> The options recognized are:
> Basedate -- the number of days since January 1, 0001
> Century -- the number of days since January 1 of the century
> Days -- the number of days since January 1 of the current year
> European -- the date in the form DD/MM/YY
> Internal -- internal system days
> Julian -- the date in the form YYDDD
> Month -- the current month (in mixed case)
> Normal -- the date in the form DD MMM YYYY
> Ordered -- the date in the form YY/MM/DD
> Sorted -- the date in the form YYYYMMDD
> USA -- the date in the form MM/DD/YY
> Weekday -- the day of the week (in mixed case)
> These options can be shortened to just the first character.
>
> In addition, the DATE() function now accepts optional second and third
> arguments to supply the date either in the form of internal system days
> or in the 'sorted' form YYYYMMDD. The second argument is an integer
> specifying either system days (the default) or a sorted date; the third
> argument specifies the form of the date and can be either 'I' or 'S'.
> The current date in system days can be retrieved using DATE('Internal').
>
> Examples:
> say date() ==> 20 Apr 1988
> say date('M') ==> April
> say date(s) ==> 19880420
> say date('s',date('i')+21) ==> 19890609
> say date('w',19890609,'S') ==> Friday
Hi Neil,
Which version of the Amiga OS introduced the changes ? What other ANSI
Standard features were introduced at the same time ? eg.
- Similar conversion capabilities for TIME
- CHANGESTR and COUNTSTR builtins
- ADDRESS env WITH ....
- Suberror messages
>
>
> Neil
> --
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> --
> Time for a diet! -- [NO FLABBIER].
>
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Cheers, Mark
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