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add-to-ymdhms

function

Library: Date and time functions (OMDATE)
Include: omdate.xin

Returns: Returns the modified date/time in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format.


Declaration 
define string function add-to-ymdhms
                        value string ymdhms
                 years value integer years-to-add optional initial {0}
                months value integer months-to-add optional initial {0}
                  days value integer days-to-add optional initial {0}
                 hours value integer hours-to-add optional initial {0}
               minutes value integer minutes-to-add optional initial {0}
               seconds value integer seconds-to-add optional initial {0}

Argument definitions

ymdhms
the initial date/time in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format.
years-to-add
a signed numeric value representing the number of years you wish to add or subtract from the initial date/time
months-to-add
a signed numeric value representing the number of months you wish to add or subtract from the initial date/time
days-to-add
a signed numeric value representing the number of days you wish to add or subtract from the initial date/time
hours-to-add
a signed numeric value representing the number of hours you wish to add or subtract from the initial date/time
minutes-to-add
a signed numeric value representing the number of minutes you wish to add or subtract from the initial date/time
seconds-to-add
a signed numeric value representing the number of seconds you wish to add or subtract from the initial date/time


Purpose

This function takes a date/time in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format and any number of values to add or subtract from the given date/time. After the new date/time has been calculated, it is returned in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format.

Note that all except the "ymdhms" argument are optional, and that the default value of all optional arguments is 0 (zero).

Example:


  ; Add one year to the current date 
    include "omdate.xin"
    process
      local stream ymdhms  ; current date
      local integer years-to-add initial {1}
      local stream incremented-date
      set ymdhms to now-as-ymdhms
      set incremented-date to add-to-ymdhms ymdhms years years-to-add
      output "Current date          = " || ymdhms || "%n"
      output "Current date + 1 year = " || incremented-date
  ; Result of this example:
  ;      Current date          = 20010214155655-0500
  ;      Current date + 1 year = 20020214155655-0500

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