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indaytotime - script and chart function

This function returns True if timestamp lies inside the part of day containing base_timestamp up until and including the exact millisecond of base_timestamp.

Syntax:  

InDayToTime (timestamp, base_timestamp, period_no[, day_start])

Return data type: Boolean

Arguments:  

InDayToTime arguments
Argument Description
timestamp The date and time that you want to compare with base_timestamp.
base_timestamp Date and time that is used to evaluate the timestamp.
period_no The day can be offset by period_no. period_no is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the day which contains base_timestamp. Negative values in period_no indicate preceding days and positive values indicate succeeding days.
day_start (optional) If you want to work with days not starting midnight, indicate an offset as a fraction of a day in day_start, For example, 0.125 to denote 3 AM.

Example 1:  

indaytotime ('12/01/2006 12:23:00', '12/01/2006 23:59:00', 0)

Returns True

Example 2:  

indaytotime ('12/01/2006 12:23:00', '12/01/2006 00:00:00', 0)

Returns False

Example 3:  

indaytotime ('11/01/2006 12:23:00', '12/01/2006 23:59:00', -1)

Returns True

Example 4:  

Add the example script to your document and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your document to see the result.

This example checks if an invoice timestamp falls before 17:00:00 on the day starting with the base_timestamp.

TempTable:

LOAD RecNo() as InvID, * Inline [

InvTime

28/03/2012

10/12/2012

5/2/2013

31/3/2013

19/5/2013

15/9/2013

11/12/2013

2/3/2014

14/5/2014

13/6/2014

7/7/2014

4/8/2014

];

 

InvoiceData:

LOAD *,

InDayToTime(InvTime, '28/03/2012 17:00:00', 0) AS InDayExTT

Resident TempTable;

Drop table TempTable;

The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the indaytotime() function.

Example 4 results
InvTime InDayExTT
28/03/2012 -1 (True)
10/12/2012 0 (False)
5/2/2013 0 (False)
31/3/2013 0 (False)
19/5/2013 0 (False)
15/9/2013 0 (False)
11/12/2013 0 (False)
2/3/2014 0 (False)
14/5/2014 0 (False)
13/6/2014 0 (False)
7/7/2014 0 (False)
4/8/2014 0 (False)

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