# 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.<br>period\_no is an integer, where the<br>value 0 indicates the day which contains base\_timestamp.<br>Negative values in period\_no indicate<br>preceding days and positive values indicate succeeding days. |
| day\_start | (optional) If you want<br>to work with days not starting midnight, indicate an offset as a<br>fraction of a day in day\_start,<br>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) |