contructing a date:time

[Roedy]

What is the simplest way to construct an expression to represent today at 1:15 PM that you could use to classify files and before and after that instant in time?

 

[K_Meinhard]

> What is the simplest way to construct an expression to represent
> today at 1:15 PM that you could use to classify files and before and
> after that instant in time?

set ct=%@makeage[%_date,13:15]

and compare that to fileage?

Best Regards,

* Klaus Meinhard *
<www.4dos.info>

 

[Steve Fabian]

| What is the simplest way to construct an expression to represent
| today at 1:15 PM that you could use to classify files and before and
| after that instant in time?

Most, if not all, file selection commands and functions accept date and
time ranges. As described in HELP topic "dateranges.htm", the date range
syntax below selects files created at or after 1:15 PM local time today:
/[[email protected]:15p]
The syntax below selects files created before that epoch:
/![[email protected]:15p]
Fully described in HELP!
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HTH, Steve

 

[Roedy]

|
syntax below selects files created at or after 1:15 PM local time today:
/[[email protected]:15p]

Thanks. How about a way of telling if now is after 1PM today?

 

[Steve Fabian]

| Thanks. How about a way of telling if now is after 1PM today?

If you mean to test whether or not the current time of day is after 1:00 PM
(a test independent of anything in the file system), do this:

if %@time[%_time] GT %@time[1:00 PM] echo It is already past 1 PM!
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HTH, Steve

 

[K_Meinhard]

Something strange here: why did I reveive my message to the forum, sent and received here originally 20-09-2010, again today (dated 26-09-2010), with Rex Conn's signature ?


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> ---Quote---
>> What is the simplest way to construct an expression to represent
>> today at 1:15 PM that you could use to classify files and before and
>> after that instant in time?
> ---End Quote---
> set ct=%@makeage[%_date,13:15]
>
> and compare that to fileage?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> * Klaus Meinhard *
> <www.4dos.info>
>
>
>
>

 

[Steve Fabian]

K_Meinhard wrote:

| Something strange here: why did I reveive my message to the forum,
| sent and received here originally 20-09-2010, again today (dated
| 26-09-2010), with Rex Conn's signature ?

Same here. Nothing similar in any other forum. BTW, Klaus, when you use
an all-numeric date, esp. for the first twelve days of a month, it ought to
be ISO style for easy mental parsing anywhere, JP fora have contributors on
all continents with varying local date formats.
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Steve