BIS fnc calculateDateTime: Difference between revisions

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Description

Description:: Returns the end datetime if an offset is passed, or the offset between start and end dates.
Execution:: call
Groups:: Environment

Syntax

Syntax:

[startDate, endDateOrOffset, timeUnit] call BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime

Parameters:

startDate: Array in Date format - (Optional, default date)

endDateOrOffset: Array in Date format or Number - (Optional, default date) either the end date of the period to calculate, or time in seconds from startDate

timeUnit: String - (Optional, default "s") one of:

"s" - seconds
"m" - minutes
"h" - hours
"d" - days

Return Value:

Date or Number

Date if endDateOrOffset is a Number
Number is endDateOrOffset is a Date

Examples

Example 1:: [date, 3600] call BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime; // returns date in 3600 seconds (60min, 1h) [date, 60, "m"] call BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime; // returns date in 60 minutes (1h) [[2035,8,28,11,55], [2035,8,29,11,55], "h"] call BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime; // returns 24

Additional Information

See also:: date setDate BIS_fnc_setDate

Notes

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+|version1= 1.86
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+|gr1= Environment
-<!---|arg= local |Multiplayer Arguments=--->
+|descr= Returns the end datetime if an offset is passed, or the offset between start and end dates.
-<!---|eff= local |Multiplayer Effects=--->
+|s1= [startDate, endDateOrOffset, timeUnit] call [[BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime]]
-| <pre>/************************************************************
+|p1= startDate: [[Array]] in [[Date]] format - (Optional, default [[date]])
-	Calculate Date
-	Author: Zozo
-Parameters: [start datetime, time offset (in seconds) or end datetime, time unit]
+|p2= endDateOrOffset: [[Array]] in [[Date]] format or [[Number]] - (Optional, default [[date]]) either the end date of the period to calculate, or time in seconds from ''startDate''
-time unit:
-- "s" (default) - seconds
-- "m" - minutes
-- "h" - hours
-- "d" - days
-Returns the new datetime if offset is passed or
+|p3= timeUnit: [[String]] - (Optional, default "s") one of:
-difference between dates if end datetime is passed
+* "s" - seconds
-(in seconds)
+* "m" - minutes
+* "h" - hours
+* "d" - days
-Example: [date, 3600] call BIS_fnc_CalculateDateTime
+|r1= [[Date]] or [[Number]]
-Example: [date, 60, "m"] call BIS_fnc_CalculateDateTime
+* [[Date]] if ''endDateOrOffset'' is a [[Number]]
-Example: [date, [2035,8,29,11,55], "h"] call BIS_fnc_CalculateDateTime
+* [[Number]] is ''endDateOrOffset'' is a [[Date]]
-************************************************************/</pre>{{Informative|Placeholder description extracted from the function header by [[BIS_fnc_exportFunctionsToWiki]]}} |Description=
-|[] call [[BIS_fnc_CalculateDateTime]]|Syntax=
+|x1= <sqf>
+[date, 3600] call BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime;								// returns date in 3600 seconds (60min, 1h)
+[date, 60, "m"] call BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime;								// returns date in 60 minutes (1h)
+[[2035,8,28,11,55], [2035,8,29,11,55], "h"] call BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime;	// returns 24
+</sqf>
-|p1= parameter: Datatype - (Optional, default defValue) description |Parameter 1=
+|seealso= [[date]] [[setDate]] [[BIS_fnc_setDate]]
-|Datatype - description|Return value=
-|x1= <code></code>|Example 1=
-|exec= call |Execution=
-| |See also=
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-[[Category:Function Group: DateTime|{{uc:CalculateDateTime}}]]
-[[Category:Functions|{{uc:CalculateDateTime}}]]
-[[Category:{{Name|arma3}}: Functions|{{uc:CalculateDateTime}}]]