This function takes as input a timestamp and a year and updates the timestamp with the year specified in input.
Syntax:
setdateyear
(timestamp, year)
Return data type: dual
Arguments:
Arguments
Argument
Description
timestamp
A standard Qlik Sense
timestamp (often just a date).
year
A four-digit year.
These examples use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of your data load script. Change the format in the examples to suit your requirements.
Scripting examples
Example
Result
setdateyear ('29/10/2005', 2013)
Returns '29/10/2013
setdateyear ('29/10/2005 04:26:14',
2013)
Returns '29/10/2013 04:26:14' To see the time part of the timestamp in a visualization, you must set the number formatting to Date and choose a value for Formatting that displays time values.
Example:
Add the example script to your app and run it. To see the result, add the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app.
SetYear:
Load *,
SetDateYear(testdates, 2013) as NewYear
Inline [
testdates
1/11/2012
10/12/2012
1/5/2013
2/1/2013
19/5/2013
15/9/2013
11/12/2013
2/3/2014
14/5/2014
13/6/2014
7/7/2014
4/8/2014
];
The resulting table contains the original dates and a column in which the year has be set to 2013.
Results table
testdates
NewYear
1/11/2012
1/11/2013
10/12/2012
10/12/2013
2/1/2012
2/1/2013
1/5/2013
1/5/2013
19/5/2013
19/5/2013
15/9/2013
15/9/2013
11/12/2013
11/12/2013
2/3/2014
2/3/2013
14/5/2014
14/5/2013
13/6/2014
13/6/2013
7/7/2014
7/7/2013
4/8/2014
4/8/2013
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