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| Convert a date to a float number, based on Jan 1st 00:00:00 <nowiki>=</nowiki> 0 and Dec 31st  23:59:59 <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1. The same day and time in leap year will be different after 28th of February and 23:59 on 31st of December will be 1.00274 <br><br>
| Convert a date to a float number, based on Jan 1st 00:00:00 <nowiki>=</nowiki> 0 and Dec 31st  23:59:59 <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1. The same day and time in leap year will be different after 28th of February and 23:59 on 31st of December will be 1.00274 <br><br>
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In a leap year there are 366 days, so the range will increase by 1 day:<br>
In a leap year there are 366 days, so the range will increase by 1 day:<br>
<tt>1 / 365  *  366 <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1.00274</tt><br>
<tt>1 / 365  *  366 <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1.00274</tt><br>
In short, in a normal year the command returns in range 0...1 in a leap year it will return in range 0...1.00274|DESCRIPTION=
In short, in a normal year the command returns in range 0...1 in a leap year it will return in range 0...1.00274


| '''dateToNumber''' date |SYNTAX=
| '''dateToNumber''' date


|p1= date: [[Array]] - array in [[date]] format |PARAMETER1=
|p1= date: [[Array]] - array in [[date]] format


|p2= |PARAMETER2=  
|p2=


|p3= |PARAMETER3=  
|p3=


| [[Number]] |RETURNVALUE=
| [[Number]]


|x1= <code>_float = [[dateToNumber]] [2035,7,6,12,0]; //0.510959</code>|EXAMPLE1=
|x1= <code>_float = [[dateToNumber]] [2035,7,6,12,0]; //0.510959</code>


|x2= <code>[[dateToNumber]] [[date]]; //will return float number for the current date.</code>|EXAMPLE2=
|x2= <code>[[dateToNumber]] [[date]]; //will return float number for the current date.</code>




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[[hint]] [[str]] ([[date]] [[call]] fnc_daysFromEpoc);</code>|EXAMPLE3=
[[hint]] [[str]] ([[date]] [[call]] fnc_daysFromEpoc);</code>




| [[date]], [[daytime]], [[time]], [[numberToDate]] |SEEALSO=
| [[date]], [[daytime]], [[time]], [[numberToDate]]


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Revision as of 01:29, 18 January 2021

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Description

Description:
Convert a date to a float number, based on Jan 1st 00:00:00 = 0 and Dec 31st 23:59:59 = 1. The same day and time in leap year will be different after 28th of February and 23:59 on 31st of December will be 1.00274

This is how this command works. The 365 days of the year are presented in range 0...1. So each day will be:
1 / 365 = 0.00273973
In a leap year there are 366 days, so the range will increase by 1 day:
1 / 365 * 366 = 1.00274
In short, in a normal year the command returns in range 0...1 in a leap year it will return in range 0...1.00274
Groups:
Environment

Syntax

Syntax:
dateToNumber date
Parameters:
date: Array - array in date format
Return Value:
Number

Examples

Example 1:
_float = dateToNumber [2035,7,6,12,0]; //0.510959
Example 2:
dateToNumber date; //will return float number for the current date.
Example 3:
Calculate days from 1/1/1970: fnc_daysFromEpoc = { private _year = param [0]; private _days = 0; for "_i" from 1970 to _year - 1 do { _days = _days + round linearConversion [0, 1, dateToNumber [_i, 12, 31, 23, 59], 0, 365, false]; }; _days + linearConversion [0, 1, dateToNumber _this, 0, 365, false]; }; hint str (date call fnc_daysFromEpoc);

Additional Information

See also:
datedaytimetimenumberToDate

Notes

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