The macros in the sample date_time_macros.cfg configuration file below can be used as shortcuts for specifying dates and times, also for other special date and time purposes.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// date & time macros - date & shortcuts
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
secs_in_day (60*60*24)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
sunday ( #weekday() == 1 )
monday ( #weekday() == 2 )
tuesday ( #weekday() == 3 )
wednesday ( #weekday() == 4 )
thursday ( #weekday() == 5 )
friday ( #weekday() == 6 )
saturday ( #weekday() == 7 )
weekend ( =saturday || =sunday )
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
january ( #month() == 1 )
february ( #month() == 2 )
march ( #month() == 3 )
april ( #month() == 4 )
may ( #month() == 5 )
june ( #month() == 6 )
july ( #month() == 7 )
august ( #month() == 8 )
september ( #month() == 9 )
october ( #month() == 10 )
november ( #month() == 11 )
december ( #month() == 12 )
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
months Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
nowdst // the current time, #now(), adjusted for Daylight Savings Time
#now()
#ifdef dst
+ 3600
#endifdef
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
datenow // the current date, as MM/DD/YYYY
#verbatim [date +%F]
monthnow
#verbatim [date +%B]
yymmnow
#verbatim [date +%y%m]
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
set_datestamp // set $datestamp = "991215", for example
set $datestamp = $right($text(#year()),2) .
$if(#month()<10, "0", "") .
$text(#month()) . $if(#day()<10, "0", "") .
$text(#day())
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
set_hr(L) // set the #hr, either the current hour, if no (L) is supplied,
// or the hour in the given input line, as in a typical logfile
// entry
if "(L)" eq "" // as with: =set_hr()
set #hr = #hour()
else // as with: =set_hr($inlin)
if (L) =~ "(=months)[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]+
[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+):"
set #hr = $2
else
set #hr = #err()
endif
endif
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
[For more examples, see Samples.]
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