yeah, I misunderstood, I thought the problem was backward. LOL
On Jan 8, 2008 8:42 AM, LJ LongWing (Head) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Sorry to pull you out of retirement for this...:)....but > > What you are proposing as a qualification would actually give everything > that was outside of the range he is looking for > > i am trying to test $TIME$ if it falls between 06:00-18:00 CST > > getting back to his original question, I don't see anything wrong with the > qual he was using of > > ($TIME$ >= (60 * 60 * 6) AND $TIME$ < (60 * 60 * 18) > > and if he has this running this in a filter to have a filter fire only on > modify/submit/event between business hours...that qual should work > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *patrick zandi > *Sent:* Monday, January 07, 2008 8:35 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: need help to figure out $TIME$! > > ** But if he uses the time field, and no date, he will get all values in > that field throughout the table - I.E Forever. > > Result will be the zone "18:00-06:00" BUT these do not cross each other.. > so the Query should be IMHO > something like.. ( ( (($TIME$ >= (3600 * 18) ) and ( $TIME$ <= (3600 * > 24)) ) AND ( (($TIME$ >= (3600 * 0) ) and ( $TIME$ <= (3600 * 6)) ) ) > two zones are covered right? I cannot test this.. but it seems right to > me.. > I need to bring up a testbed to play.. just have not had time lately.. > busy being retired and all... ;-) > > Just a thought here.. > > Oh, you will get every day's records though.. Records for each and every > day.. just within that Time. > > have fun > > On Jan 7, 2008 10:06 PM, LJ LongWing (Head) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ** Robert, > > I think you may have Date Fields and Time Fields confused a bit... > > > > Time Field - Number of seconds since midnight > > Date Field - Date, with no regard for the time > > > > So if he is looking for time...he should used a time field. > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Robert Molenda > > *Sent:* Monday, January 07, 2008 6:06 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: need help to figure out $TIME$! > > > > ** Well, the $TIME $TIMESTAMP and $SERVERTIMESTAMP fields act > > differently, based upon the field... and more over execution location... > > > > Since you are attempting a calculation, I first must _assume_ that you > > are doing this in a FILTER, which would result in $TIMESTAMP and > > $SERVERTIMESTAMP always being equal. However $TIME in a FILTER I have seen > > some oddities with, in older versions of ARS ( 6.3x) > > > > However I digress as usual... > > > > If you are ONLY looking for "TIME" then ensure the field you are using > > is a "TIME OR DATE" field not a TIME/DATE, because if you are using a > > Date/Time or Integer or Char field, $TIMESTAMP / $SERVERTIMESTAMP and > > $TIME will result in the full-boat (date + time) > > > > Now for the oddities in $TIME as "per the book captain"... Date/Time > > fieldtype = Full Boat (Date+Time), Time field = Current TIME, and DATE field > > = Number of seconds since midnight. > > > > Please ensure you are using a DATE field in a FILTER and which > > version+patch of ARS you are running upon. > > HTH > > Robert > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2008 6:52 AM, Grooms, Frederick W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > What part of the qualification is not working? i.e. What times fail? > > > > > > A Quick and dirty cheat would be to negative check the 2nd test > > > > > > (NOT ( ($TIME$ >= (60 * 60 * 18) ) OR ( $TIME$ < (60 * 60 * 6)) )) > > > > > > Fred > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elinore AR > > > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 5:05 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: need help to figure out $TIME$! > > > > > > can any of you folks help me? > > > > > > i am trying to test $TIME$ if it falls between 06:00-18:00 CST (server > > > is in CST) > > > > > > this is the qualification i am using: > > > > > > ( ($TIME$ >= (60 * 60 * 6)) AND ($TIME$ < (60 * 60 * 18)) ) > > > > > > and it's not working! > > > > > > when i try to reverse the qual to test if $TIME$ is between > > > 18:00-06:00 > > > CST like this: > > > > > > ( ($TIME$ >= (60 * 60 * 18) ) OR ( $TIME$ < (60 * 60 * 6)) ) > > > > > > it works just fine. > > > > > > what's wrong with the 1st qualification? > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > > > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > > > > > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > html___ > > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > html___ > > > > > > -- > Patrick Zandi __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the > Answers Are" html___ > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > html___ > -- Patrick Zandi _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
