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Aug 29, 2002, 9:03 AM

carfac

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Aug 29, 2002, 9:03 AM

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Plugin to Check Date

Hi:

My site is a pretty modified Links- I show cartoon production data in a manner like IMDB, rather than Links like Yahoo. In any case, sometimes I have info in the database for FUTURE productions (and Add_Date, for me, is the date of cartoon release). So, what I want to do is have a global check the date, and if it is in the future, return a positive, so I can add a note that this cartoon is currently in production, and information is liable to change. I wrote this:

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sub {
use GT::Date qw/:all/;
my ($rec) = @_;
my $prod;
my $ad = $rec->{'Add_Date'};
Links::init_date();
my $today = date_get (time + (7 * 86400));
if (date_is_smaller($today,$ad)) {
$prod = 'Yes';
}
return $prod;
}

but it never returns anything. Any ideas?

Thanks!

dave

Big Cartoon DataBase
Big Comic Book DataBase

Aug 29, 2002, 9:14 AM

Paul

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Aug 29, 2002, 9:14 AM

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Re: [carfac] Plugin to Check Date In reply to

Try:

Code:
sub {  
my $ad = $_[0]->{'Add_Date'};  
my $tod; 
require GT::Date; 
import GT::Date qw/:all/; 

Links::init_date();  

my $tod = date_get (time + (7 * 86400));  
return date_is_smaller($tod, $ad) ? 'Yes' : 'No;  
}

If that doesn't work trying printing $ad and $tod to see what they look like

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Paul: Aug 29, 2002, 9:15 AM

Aug 29, 2002, 9:22 AM

carfac

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Aug 29, 2002, 9:22 AM

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Re: [carfac] Plugin to Check Date In reply to

Nevermind- I got it! Turned out the dates were two different formats. The correct, workable code is:

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sub {
use GT::Date qw/:all/;
my ($rec) = @_;
my $prod;

Links::init_date();
my $today = date_get (time + (7 * 86400));
my $ad = GT::Date::date_transform ($rec->{Add_Date}, $CFG->{date_user_format}, $CFG->{date_db_format});
if (date_is_smaller($today,$ad)) {
$prod = 'Yes';
}
return $prod;
}

dave

Big Cartoon DataBase
Big Comic Book DataBase

Aug 29, 2002, 9:23 AM

carfac

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Aug 29, 2002, 9:23 AM

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Re: [Paul] Plugin to Check Date In reply to

Paul:

Whoops- did not see your reply when I replied! Blush

Thanks!

Checking the variables on the page is exactly what I did, and that is when I saw the format mis-match!
dave

Big Cartoon DataBase
Big Comic Book DataBase