The one-liner version of Ricard's example:
clock format [clock scan {04/24/2001 + 5 days}] -format %m/%d/%Y
- Dossy
On 2001.04.24, ricard helene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is the quick and dirty way I do it in tcl:
>
> convert the properly formatted initial date to seconds
> with 'clock scan'
> convert the interval being added into seconds
> add the two values, use 'clock format' to put that
> value into a date format.
>
> ex.
> [
> set initialDate '04/24/2001'
> # i want 5 days added which is 432000 seconds
> set interval 432000
> set newDate [clock format [expr [clock scan
> $initialDate] + $interval] -format "%m/%d/%Y"]
> ]
>
> There are some other ways to do it with clock scan and
> relative time -- check the tcl docs...
>
> As you can see, this is in no way 'elegant' or even
> 'good', but has done the job for me. Hope it helps
> somehow.
>
> Yes, tcl is smart.
>
> --- Prakash Sinha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is there any function which works to add two dates
> > or add a day to the date?
> > If anybody has any idea, share that with me!!!
> >
> > Prakash
>
>
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