Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Mark, I'm having the same problems with Date fields for some time now (these are Date only fields, not Date/Time fields). I think it DOES have something to do with the quotation marks. When I do this: 'mydate' 6/21/2008 it works, But when I do: 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) It doesn't work. I've tried 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I've tried 'mydate' ($TIMESTAMP$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I like LJ's suggestion, but the question is, where does the ztmp_datefield field go if you are doing a escalation? On every single record? (I would like to delete all records that are more than 120 days old) note to self: NEVER use date fields. ALWAYS use Date/Time fields and make the display type Date if you want a date field If 'mydate' was a date/time field (whether it be displayed as date or date/time) this query would work just fine Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Hi, Lisa: I have had to deal with a similar conversion. We have a Self-Service application that pushes entries into our Helpdesk form. The field on the Self-Service form is Date/Time. The field that this Self-Service date/time field is being pushed into is a DATE field. So, I did the following: I set a temp field with the input date, and then do a conversion. Set Fields 1: zTmpInteger = $InputDateTime$ Set Fields 2: zTmpInteger = TRUNC(($zTmpInteger$ / 86400)) + 2440588 The new zTimpInteger is pushed into my Date only field into the Helpdesk form. Note: 2440588 is the number of days between Jan 1, 4713 B.C. and Jan 1, 1970. It will always be the constant and will never change. Hope this helps, Michelle This app is on ARS 6.3, P23using Mid-Tier 7.0.1 patch 04. Kemes, Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG 10/29/2008 12:45 PM Please respond to arslist@ARSLIST.ORG To arslist@ARSLIST.ORG cc Subject Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Mark, I'm having the same problems with Date fields for some time now (these are Date only fields, not Date/Time fields). I think it DOES have something to do with the quotation marks. When I do this: 'mydate' 6/21/2008 it works, But when I do: 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) It doesn't work. I've tried 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I've tried 'mydate' ($TIMESTAMP$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I like LJ's suggestion, but the question is, where does the ztmp_datefield field go if you are doing a escalation? On every single record? (I would like to delete all records that are more than 120 days old) note to self: NEVER use date fields. ALWAYS use Date/Time fields and make the display type Date if you want a date field If 'mydate' was a date/time field (whether it be displayed as date or date/time) this query would work just fine Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are == Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in and transmitted with this communication is strictly confidential, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient, and is the property of Countrywide Financial Corporation or its affiliates and subsidiaries. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of the information contained in or transmitted with the communication or dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited by law. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately return this communication to the sender and delete the original message and any copy of it in your possession. == ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
You could additionally push the value from the date/time field (integer) into a plain character field. This will give the usable date format, such as 10/27/2008 05:22:01AM. Then, you could do another set fields to the Date Field that takes just the first 10 characters of what is in the char field, and pushes that over to the date field. I'll bet that would work as long as you are not performing any math, but I've never tried it, so I'm not sure. Gary. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michelle Lucero Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 1:30 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work ** Hi, Lisa: I have had to deal with a similar conversion. We have a Self-Service application that pushes entries into our Helpdesk form. The field on the Self-Service form is Date/Time. The field that this Self-Service date/time field is being pushed into is a DATE field. So, I did the following: I set a temp field with the input date, and then do a conversion. Set Fields 1: zTmpInteger = $InputDateTime$ Set Fields 2: zTmpInteger = TRUNC(($zTmpInteger$ / 86400)) + 2440588 The new zTimpInteger is pushed into my Date only field into the Helpdesk form. Note: 2440588 is the number of days between Jan 1, 4713 B.C. and Jan 1, 1970. It will always be the constant and will never change. Hope this helps, Michelle This app is on ARS 6.3, P23using Mid-Tier 7.0.1 patch 04. Kemes, Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG 10/29/2008 12:45 PM Please respond to arslist@ARSLIST.ORG To arslist@ARSLIST.ORG cc Subject Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Mark, I'm having the same problems with Date fields for some time now (these are Date only fields, not Date/Time fields). I think it DOES have something to do with the quotation marks. When I do this: 'mydate' 6/21/2008 it works, But when I do: 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) It doesn't work. I've tried 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I've tried 'mydate' ($TIMESTAMP$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I like LJ's suggestion, but the question is, where does the ztmp_datefield field go if you are doing a escalation? On every single record? (I would like to delete all records that are more than 120 days old) note to self: NEVER use date fields. ALWAYS use Date/Time fields and make the display type Date if you want a date field If 'mydate' was a date/time field (whether it be displayed as date or date/time) this query would work just fine Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are == Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in and transmitted with this communication is strictly confidential, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient, and is the property of Countrywide Financial Corporation or its affiliates and subsidiaries. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of the information contained in or transmitted with the communication or dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited by law. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately return this communication to the sender and delete the original
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
In this situation you would need the escalation to modify EVERY record, and have a series of filters fire on modify that performed the remove on only those records that matched -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:46 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Mark, I'm having the same problems with Date fields for some time now (these are Date only fields, not Date/Time fields). I think it DOES have something to do with the quotation marks. When I do this: 'mydate' 6/21/2008 it works, But when I do: 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) It doesn't work. I've tried 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I've tried 'mydate' ($TIMESTAMP$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I like LJ's suggestion, but the question is, where does the ztmp_datefield field go if you are doing a escalation? On every single record? (I would like to delete all records that are more than 120 days old) note to self: NEVER use date fields. ALWAYS use Date/Time fields and make the display type Date if you want a date field If 'mydate' was a date/time field (whether it be displayed as date or date/time) this query would work just fine Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
This is good advice, but none of my fields are Date/Time fields, they are all Date Fields only. Lisa From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michelle Lucero Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 2:30 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work ** Hi, Lisa: I have had to deal with a similar conversion. We have a Self-Service application that pushes entries into our Helpdesk form. The field on the Self-Service form is Date/Time. The field that this Self-Service date/time field is being pushed into is a DATE field. So, I did the following: I set a temp field with the input date, and then do a conversion. Set Fields 1: zTmpInteger = $InputDateTime$ Set Fields 2: zTmpInteger = TRUNC(($zTmpInteger$ / 86400)) + 2440588 The new zTimpInteger is pushed into my Date only field into the Helpdesk form. Note: 2440588 is the number of days between Jan 1, 4713 B.C. and Jan 1, 1970. It will always be the constant and will never change. Hope this helps, Michelle This app is on ARS 6.3, P23using Mid-Tier 7.0.1 patch 04. Kemes, Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG 10/29/2008 12:45 PM Please respond to arslist@ARSLIST.ORG To arslist@ARSLIST.ORG cc Subject Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Mark, I'm having the same problems with Date fields for some time now (these are Date only fields, not Date/Time fields). I think it DOES have something to do with the quotation marks. When I do this: 'mydate' 6/21/2008 it works, But when I do: 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) It doesn't work. I've tried 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I've tried 'mydate' ($TIMESTAMP$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I like LJ's suggestion, but the question is, where does the ztmp_datefield field go if you are doing a escalation? On every single record? (I would like to delete all records that are more than 120 days old) note to self: NEVER use date fields. ALWAYS use Date/Time fields and make the display type Date if you want a date field If 'mydate' was a date/time field (whether it be displayed as date or date/time) this query would work just fine Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are == Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in and transmitted with this communication is strictly confidential, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient, and is the property of Countrywide Financial Corporation or its affiliates and subsidiaries. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of the information contained in or transmitted with the communication or dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited by law. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately return this communication to the sender and delete the original message and any copy of it in your possession. == __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are html___ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
You can create a form with only 1 record on it and have the escalation fire against that form. i.e. Create a form ArchiveEscalationControl Put a Date Only field on it ArchiveDate Create an Escalation Do Work that runs against ArchiveEscalationControl Escalation does a Set fields to add 1 to ArchiveDate Escalation could then do a Run-Process action Application-Query-Delete-Entry Form to Clean Up ( 'Date Modified' = $ArchiveDate$ ) Fred -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:46 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Mark, I'm having the same problems with Date fields for some time now (these are Date only fields, not Date/Time fields). I think it DOES have something to do with the quotation marks. When I do this: 'mydate' 6/21/2008 it works, But when I do: 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) It doesn't work. I've tried 'mydate' ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I've tried 'mydate' ($TIMESTAMP$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 120)) as well. I like LJ's suggestion, but the question is, where does the ztmp_datefield field go if you are doing a escalation? On every single record? (I would like to delete all records that are more than 120 days old) note to self: NEVER use date fields. ALWAYS use Date/Time fields and make the display type Date if you want a date field If 'mydate' was a date/time field (whether it be displayed as date or date/time) this query would work just fine Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
I checked in the documentation and found that both $DATE$ and $TIMESTAMP$ resolve to current date when used with a Date field (not to be confused with a Date/Time field set to display as Date). It appears that the arithmetic is not being performed in the comparisons. 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ - 120) and 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ - 120) is functioning the same as 'my_date_field' $DATE$ Looking through documentation, I was not able to find examples of Advanced Searches using a Date field with addition or subtraction. I do know that setting a Date field with $DATE$ + X, one must use number of days and not seconds to for the addition to work properly. Has anyone asked Support if this is supposed work like addition/subtraction with a Date/Time field? Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
I usually have to put the Date fields inside quotes when doing calculations 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) I've tried that. It doesn't work.I've entered 28.10.2020 into my date field, i.e. I'm saying in my AL RunIf qualification: 28.10.2020 ($DATE$ + 1), but the AL goes into else action. As this example shows it doesn't really matter it ARS sees date as second, days, week or even years. Year 2020 is so far in the future, that it should work anyway, but it doesn't. BTW, I'm on 6.3 Patch 24. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Hi Doug, 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 15724800) I've tried that. It doesn't work.I've entered 28.10.2020 into my date field, i.e. I'm saying in my AL RunIf qualification: 28.10.2020 ($DATE$ + 1), but the AL goes into else action. As this example shows it doesn't really matter it ARS sees date as second, days, week or even years. Year 2020 is so far in the future, that it should work anyway, but it doesn't. BTW, I'm on 6.3 Patch 24. Thanks Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Hi Gary, Yeah, I think that doug is on to something here. The $DATE$ keyword is referring to seconds, I believe, and thus you need to add six months worth of seconds. Note, that $DATE$ calculates to midnight that day, so if you need to calculate six months from now, then you will likely need to use $TIMESTAMP$. Using $DATE$ will give you 6 months from the beginning of the current day. Also, as a good note, I would suggest adding the parenthesis, although they should not be required. I think it doesn't really matter, because it doesn't work in any of the casese. I've entered 28.10.2020 into my date field, i.e. I'm saying in my AL RunIf qualification: 28.10.2020 ($DATE$ + 1), but the AL goes into else action. As this example shows it doesn't really matter it ARS sees date as second, days, week or even years. Year 2020 is so far in the future, that it should work anyway, but it doesn't. BTW, I'm on 6.3 Patch 24. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
A couple of questions... Is your field a Date/Time, Date Only, or Time Only field? Since it is an AL have you tried using the 7.1 Client to see if it does the same thing? If your field is a Date/Time field (even if it is set to only display the Date) you will need to use TIMESTAMP instead of DATE. i.e. October 28, 2020 in a Date/Time field is 1603861200. The same date in a Date Only field is 2459151. Fred -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:51 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work I usually have to put the Date fields inside quotes when doing calculations 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) I've tried that. It doesn't work.I've entered 28.10.2020 into my date field, i.e. I'm saying in my AL RunIf qualification: 28.10.2020 ($DATE$ + 1), but the AL goes into else action. As this example shows it doesn't really matter it ARS sees date as second, days, week or even years. Year 2020 is so far in the future, that it should work anyway, but it doesn't. BTW, I'm on 6.3 Patch 24. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
There was a native Macintosh client through version 3.2. It was one of the reasons we originally bought the product. Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. Call Tracking Administration Manager University of North Texas Computing IT Center http://itsm.unt.edu/ -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Meyer, Jennifer L Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:22 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Mark, I know there was a Unix Client and a Windows Client, I will have to guess on the 3rd client--Linux? Jennifer Meyer -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. I've tried that too, of course. When your my_date_field is a DATE field the example you're showing will n o t work. At least on my 6.3 patch 024 it just doesn't work. Thanks anyway! Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
have you tried 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 8:27 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Hi Listers, I have a date field on my form and I want to check, if the date entered isn't later than 6 months from now. I have an Active Link with the following qualification: 'my_date_field' $DATE$ + 182 This doesn't work. 'my_date_field' $DATE$ works just fine. As soon as I try to add any number the $DATE$ variable it stops working. Why? Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
I usually have to put the Date fields inside quotes when doing calculations 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) Fred -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Try 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 15724800) Humor me Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are DISCLAIMER Important! This message is intended for the above named person(s) only and is CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and then delete it from your mailbox. This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine. Accessing, copying, disseminating or re-using any of the information contained in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Finally, you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Thank you. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Yeah, I think that doug is on to something here. The $DATE$ keyword is referring to seconds, I believe, and thus you need to add six months worth of seconds. Note, that $DATE$ calculates to midnight that day, so if you need to calculate six months from now, then you will likely need to use $TIMESTAMP$. Using $DATE$ will give you 6 months from the beginning of the current day. Also, as a good note, I would suggest adding the parenthesis, although they should not be required. Thanks, Gary -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner, Doug Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:18 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Try 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 15724800) Humor me Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are DISCLAIMER Important! This message is intended for the above named person(s) only and is CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and then delete it from your mailbox. This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine. Accessing, copying, disseminating or re-using any of the information contained in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Finally, you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Thank you. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Oh...I know why it's not workingbecause $DATE$ can be used for both Date and Date/Time fieldsand remedy probably does some dynamic stuff to the value when you are doing a compare with a date field...so what you may need to do is setfield ztmp_datefield = $DATE$ setfield ztmp_datefield = +182 then in another filter my_date_field ztmp_datefield I bet that would work -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner, Doug Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:18 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Try 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 15724800) Humor me Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are DISCLAIMER Important! This message is intended for the above named person(s) only and is CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and then delete it from your mailbox. This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine. Accessing, copying, disseminating or re-using any of the information contained in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Finally, you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Thank you. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Yeah, It is at the database level a Date/Time field, the DISPLAY property is TIME :) Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Opela, Gary L CTR USAF AFMC 72 CS/SCBAH Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:21 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Yeah, I think that doug is on to something here. The $DATE$ keyword is referring to seconds, I believe, and thus you need to add six months worth of seconds. Note, that $DATE$ calculates to midnight that day, so if you need to calculate six months from now, then you will likely need to use $TIMESTAMP$. Using $DATE$ will give you 6 months from the beginning of the current day. Also, as a good note, I would suggest adding the parenthesis, although they should not be required. Thanks, Gary -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner, Doug Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:18 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Try 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 15724800) Humor me Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are DISCLAIMER Important! This message is intended for the above named person(s) only and is CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and then delete it from your mailbox. This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine. Accessing, copying, disseminating or re-using any of the information contained in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Finally, you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Thank you. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are DISCLAIMER Important! This message is intended for the above named person(s) only and is CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and then delete it from your mailbox. This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine. Accessing, copying, disseminating or re-using any of the information contained in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Finally, you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Thank you. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. Gordon M. Frank Remedy Skilled Professional ITIL V3 Certified Lockheed Martin -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:27 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Hi Listers, I have a date field on my form and I want to check, if the date entered isn't later than 6 months from now. I have an Active Link with the following qualification: 'my_date_field' $DATE$ + 182 This doesn't work. 'my_date_field' $DATE$ works just fine. As soon as I try to add any number the $DATE$ variable it stops working. Why? Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
What I use is $DATE$ + (60*60*24*182) in stead of the big long can't remember integer. That way I can see what I am adding. Rocky Rocky Rockwell Remedy Application Designer Wk Phone: 214-567-8874 Cell: 214-663-7229 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner, Doug Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:18 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Try 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 15724800) Humor me Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are DISCLAIMER Important! This message is intended for the above named person(s) only and is CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and then delete it from your mailbox. This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine. Accessing, copying, disseminating or re-using any of the information contained in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Finally, you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Thank you. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Yes, that should work. Although the $DATE$ keyword can be used for both Date and Date/Time fields, using an arithmetic operation against the keyword seems to force it to translate into a date/time value (# of seconds instead of # of days) at the database level. You can observe this by running a SQL log on the server. Search Qual in Advanced Search bar in WUT: 'zDateField' = $DATE$ Corresponding query in SQL log ($DATE$ keyword converted to current Date integer value - # of days since January 1, 4713 B.C.): SELECT TOP 2147483649 T535.C1,T535.C1 FROM T535 WHERE (T535.C536870947 = 2454767) ORDER BY 1 ASC Search Qual in Advanced Search bar in WUT: 'zDateField' = $DATE$ - 7 Corresponding query in SQL log ($DATE$ keyword converted to current Date/Time integer value - # of seconds since January 1, 1970 12:00:00 AM GMT): SELECT TOP 2147483649 T535.C1,T535.C1 FROM T535 WHERE (T535.C536870947 = (1225083600 - 7)) ORDER BY 1 ASC The environment I tested this on is ARS 7.0.1 with a SQL Server 2005 database. --Thomas - Original Message - From: LJ Longwing Newsgroups: gmane.comp.crm.arsystem.general To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:28 AM Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Oh...I know why it's not workingbecause $DATE$ can be used for both Date and Date/Time fieldsand remedy probably does some dynamic stuff to the value when you are doing a compare with a date field...so what you may need to do is setfield ztmp_datefield = $DATE$ setfield ztmp_datefield = +182 then in another filter my_date_field ztmp_datefield I bet that would work -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner, Doug Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:18 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Try 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 15724800) Humor me Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work 'my_date_field' ($DATE$ + 182) so that it will add 182 to the date before doing the compare? Yes, that's exactly what I did. Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are DISCLAIMER Important! This message is intended for the above named person(s) only and is CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and then delete it from your mailbox. This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine. Accessing, copying, disseminating or re-using any of the information contained in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Finally, you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Thank you. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Frank, This syntax will work if searching a Date/Time field, but it will not work with a Date (only) field. The value on the right side of the qualification (($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) would generate an integer value well beyond the range of the Date field type. If you divided this value by 86400 (the # of seconds in a day) and then added the value 2440588 (the corresponding # of days for the DATE field type for January 1, 1970), this would theoretically work; however, adding these arithmetic operations to the search qualification with a Date field seems to generate an error in the client: ARERR [313] Data types are not appropriate for relational operation ARERR [312] Data types are not appropriate for arithmetic operation So, LJ's method seems like the best (add an additional display-only DATE field, use the DATEADD function to add the offset from the $DATE$ keyword into the temp field, then use the temp field in place of the $DATE$ keyword in the original query against the DATE field). --Thomas - Original Message - From: Frank, Gordon M. (CMS/CTR) Newsgroups: gmane.comp.crm.arsystem.general To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:40 AM Subject: Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work An easy way to do this is to use the multipliers. You will also need to use $TIMESTAMP$ 'my_date_field' ($TIMESTAMP$ + (60*60*24*182)) $TIMESTAMP$ returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970. Guess what platform Remedy ARS was first built upon? That's right UNIX. There used to be 3 clients. Anyone know what they were? Note: Remedy ARS was built before there was a Public Internet. Come to think of it, there may have been 4 clients at one time, but there may not have been one for IBM OS/2. When you do it this way, you can substitute a $variable or a number whenever you like. Gordon M. Frank Remedy Skilled Professional ITIL V3 Certified Lockheed Martin -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Milke Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:27 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Hi Listers, I have a date field on my form and I want to check, if the date entered isn't later than 6 months from now. I have an Active Link with the following qualification: 'my_date_field' $DATE$ + 182 This doesn't work. 'my_date_field' $DATE$ works just fine. As soon as I try to add any number the $DATE$ variable it stops working. Why? Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
Re: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work
Mark, Even if that did work, it wouldn't be always accurate, considering leap years or the 2 consecutive months that we have 30 days. Why not try string manupulation, by setting the current value contained in the date field, to a character field and then find the month position and extract the month part of the string, set that to a display only integer field, add 6 to it, and reconstruct the date string.. Consider the exception for when you will need to add up the year part if the month part is greater than 6. Also create exceptions for the month of February to handle leap years. Might be tricky but you will end up with a more accurate result.. Cheers Joe From: Mark Milke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:27:04 AM Subject: Adding days to a Date field in a qualification doesn't work Hi Listers, I have a date field on my form and I want to check, if the date entered isn't later than 6 months from now. I have an Active Link with the following qualification: 'my_date_field' $DATE$ + 182 This doesn't work. 'my_date_field' $DATE$ works just fine. As soon as I try to add any number the $DATE$ variable it stops working. Why? Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the Answers Are
