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--- engine:import:setvar2date [2018/08/14 21:21] – dcumming
+++ engine:import:setvar2date [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-setvar2date
+====== SetVar2Date ======
-==== SetVar2Date ====
 Set a local variable to a date value.
-==== Phase ====
+===== Phase =====
 This instruction is used by the TapeTrack INI Engine.
-==== Syntax ====
+===== Syntax =====
-**SetVar2Date**//(varname, date, value);//
-//string varname;//\\
+''SetVar2Date(varname, date, value);''
-//string date;//\\
-//string value;//\\
-|varname| The name of the local variable that is to be set.|
+^ Variable ^ Type ^ Description ^ Min Length ^ Max Length ^
-|date| The string representing the date required in one of the following formats:|
+|varname| String |Name of the local variable | 1 | 16 |
+|date| String | The date, required in one of the formats in the table below| 1 | 64 |
+|value | String | The date value in strfdate(3) format | 1 | 64 |
+^ Date Variable Formats^ Description^
 |*[+<nowiki>|</nowiki>-]n| Today's date plus or minus an optional number of days.|
 |*| Today.|
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 |Y-1+3+3| The 3rd day of the third month of last year.|
 |Y+10+3+3| The 3rd day of the 3rd month of the year 10 years from now.|
+|<nowiki>M|m[+|-]m[+|-]d</nowiki>|The beginning or end of the month, + or - a number of months, + or - a number of days.|
+|M-0| The start of the current month.|
+|m-0| The end of the of the current month.|
+|M-1| The start of last month.|
+|M-1+3| The 3rd day of last month.|
+===== Example =====
+Set variable YESTERDAY to yesterday's date.
+<code>
-M|m[+|-]m[+|-]d The beginning or end of the month, + or - a number of
-months, + or - a number of days.
-M-0
-m-0
-M-1
-M-1+3
-The start of the current month.
-The end of the of the current month.
-The start of last month.
-The 3rd day of last month.
-value The date value in strfdate(3) format.
-Examples
-Example A.17. SetVar2Date: Set variable YESTERDAY to yesterday's date.
 SetVar2Date(YESTERDAY, "*-1", "%%Y-%%m-%%d");
 WriteMsg("Yesterday was %YESTERDAY");
-Example A.18. SetVar2Date: Set variable START to the first day of this year and
+</code>
-END to the last.
+Set variable START to the first day of this year and END to the last.
+<code>
 SetVar2Date(START, "Y-0", "%%Y-%%m-%%d");
 SetVar2Date(END, "y-0", "%%Y-%%m-%%d");
 WriteMsg("Date range is $START through $END");
+</code>
+{{tag> import_engine sync_engine}}