Adding a duration to a date to give a new date

Posted by herveyq on 19-Nov-2014 02:12

Hi, still getting my head around Java and RB. Seems to be a lot of ways to do the one thing. I would like to use RB to generate Java code to give me a new date from a known date and a duration.

What I tried is:

Original Formula 
{!return_DT} = {!startDate} + {!duration}



Parsed Formula 
001 Fri Oct 10 2014 16:00:00 (EST) = Tue Nov 25 2014 19:44:00 (EST) + 23400000

Formula return type: Date/Time (Adjust to user time zone) 

Error 
Error missing ; before statement (line #1) in formula:
Fri Oct 10 2014 16:00:00 (EST) = Tue Nov 25 2014 19:44:00 (EST) + 23400000


Any help most gratefully accepted.

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Posted by Gian Torralba on 19-Nov-2014 08:11

Hello,

Can you provide the steps you are doing in Rollbase? Are you referring to JAVA or Javascript?

Thank you,
Gian

Posted by Ricardo Rafols on 19-Nov-2014 08:57

Hi herveyq,
 
Instead of {!return_DT} = {!startDate} + {!duration}
 
In the trigger properties, select the return_DT in Field to Change
 
And try:
return new Date(Date.parse("{!startDate}") + {!duration});
 
Regards,
Ricardo
 
 
 
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Can you provide the steps you are doing in Rollbase? Are you referring to JAVA or Javascript?

Thank you,
Gian
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Posted by herveyq on 23-Nov-2014 01:11

Hi Gian, javascript.

Thanks

Gil

Posted by Gian Torralba on 24-Nov-2014 06:56

Hello,

You can parse the token return into a date as Ricardo has posted. You can also add the duration by converting the duration into milliseconds.

var date = new Date("{!date_token}");
date = new Date(date.setHours(0,0,0,0)); /*sets the date to 12:00 am*/
date = date.setMilliseconds(10000); /*sets the time of the date variable*/

return date;

Thank you,

Gian

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