Functions @year[date] @isowyear[date] help

[rps]

Here is what I get when I use the functions @year[] & @isowyear[]

I am using TCMD V16, windows 7 ultimate sp1.

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Copied and pasted from the TC help v.16.0

Thu  Jan 16, 2014  3:07:27 [6840]
C:\JPSoft\plugins>echo %@isowyear[%_date]
TCC: Invalid date "%@isowyear[01/16/14]"

Thu  Jan 16, 2014 10:31:03 [6840]
C:\JPSoft\plugins>echo %@year[5-5-2012,1]
TCC: (Sys) Incorrect function.
 "%@year[5-5-2012,1]"

Other attempts :

Thu  Jan 16, 2014  2:59:48 [6840]
C:\JPSoft\plugins>*echo %@YEAR[%_DATE]
TCC: (Sys) Incorrect function.
 "%@YEAR[01/16/14]"

Thu  Jan 16, 2014  2:59:52 [6840]
C:\JPSoft\plugins>echo %@year[5-5-2012]
TCC: (Sys) Incorrect function.
 "%@year[5-5-2012]"

The following seem to work so the help for @ISOWYEAR[date] just needs updating. Not tested but I suspect that the @ISODOWI[date] and @ISOWEEK[date] examples need updating.

Thu  Jan 16, 2014 10:31:28 [6840]
C:\JPSoft\plugins>echo %@isowyear[%_isodate]
2014

Thu  Jan 16, 2014 10:36:10 [6840]
C:\JPSoft\plugins>echo %_isodate
2014-01-16

Thu  Jan 16, 2014 10:36:13 [6840]
C:\JPSoft\plugins>echo %@isowyear[2014-01-22]
2014

The remaining questions is; What am I missing when trying to use the @year function?

rps

 

[Peniel02]

I think you are right. I have had the following alias for a long time:
setdatestamp=set CCYYMMDD=%@format[03,%@year[%_date]]%@format[02,%@month[%_date]]%@format[02,%@day[%_date]]
... which no longer works. That alias returned this error:
TCC: (Sys) Incorrect function.
"%@year[01/16/14]"

I have changed it to this alias (which may be better anyway):
setdatestamp=set CCYYMMDD=%@strip[-,%_isodate]
which now sets the variable correctly:

echo %CCYYMMDD
20140116

Just a FYI

--Peniel02

 

[Steve Fabian]

Under Regional Settings, what is your date setting format? Mine is yyyy-mm-dd and it reports errors for 5-5-2012 and 5/5/12.

 

[Steve Fabian]

...
I have changed it to this alias (which may be better anyway):
setdatestamp=set CCYYMMDD=%@strip[-,%_isodate]

Alternate:
setdatestamp=set CCYYMMDD=%@left[8,%_datetime]

 

[djspits]

Since v16 the following code stopped working.

echo %@year[%_date]

(Yes, I know there is a better way to get that year. That's not the point, is it?)

 

[Steve Fabian]

Confirmed. Charles Dye's iso8601.dll masks the problem.

 

[Peniel02]

Alternate:
setdatestamp=set CCYYMMDD=%@left[8,%_datetime]

Steve,

Excellent suggestion, I didn't know that was there. I must have been doing this the "hard way" since way back in the 90's. Hummph, I need to RTFM more often! (*grin)

That %_datetime is what I ultimately have been creating (less the last 2 'seconds' numbers) with a couple of aliases for a long time!

-Peniel02

 

[Peniel02]

Under Regional Settings, what is your date setting format? Mine is yyyy-mm-dd and it reports errors for 5-5-2012 and 5/5/12.

M/d/yyyy