Thanks, Sarah. I'm familiar with dateItems from HC. Even with dateItems, checking on things like the second Tuesday of every month is tricky. I was hoping that somebody might have done some of that... Jim
on 1/11/04 6:21 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: > Hi Jim, > > I don't know exactly what sort of recurring dates you are planning, but > you will find that using the dateItems format works really well for > date calculations: > > Try something like this: > put the seconds into theDate > convert theDate to dateItems > -- 2004,1,12,8,16,46,2 > -- see the docs for dateItems to check what each item is. > > Now you can edit any of these items WITHOUT having to worry about > whether it results in a correct date. When you convert it back, the > engine will make it into a real date. > > add 18 to item 2 of theDate -- item 2 = month, so move 18 months > forward > -- 2004,19,12,8,18,26,2 > convert theDate to long date > -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005 > > Hope this helps, > Sarah > > On 12 Jan 2004, at 1:59 am, Jim Carwardine wrote: > >> Has anyone written a script that handles recurring dates like Outlook >> or >> Entourage do? Jim >> -- >> >> OYF is... Highly resourceful people working together. >> <http://www.OwnYourFuture-net.com> >> >> Own Your Future Consulting Services Limited, >> 1959 Upper Water Street, Suite 407, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3J 3N2 >> Info Line: 902-823-2477, Phone: 902-823-2339. Fax: 902-823-2139 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- OYF is... Highly resourceful people working together. <http://www.OwnYourFuture-net.com> Own Your Future Consulting Services Limited, 1959 Upper Water Street, Suite 407, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3J 3N2 Info Line: 902-823-2477, Phone: 902-823-2339. Fax: 902-823-2139 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
