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Time calculations
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:53 pm
by mahendra
Hi I am trying to find a routine/solution to add minutes to time to create reservation slots. e.g..
Res start time of 07:00
Res end time of 21:00
Duration of res slot 40 minutes
So I want to add 40minutes to 07:00 and create reservation slots in 40 minute increments to 21:00
How can I do this?
Re: Time calculations
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:23 pm
by bn
Hi Mahendra,
welcome to the forum
look at this piece of code and please look up the relevant keywords in the dictionary for an explanation
make 1 field and 1 button; the script of the button:
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on mouseUp
put 21 - 7 into tHours
put tHours * 60 into tMinutes
put tMinutes div 40 into tIntervalNo -- the number of 40 minutes intervals that fit into the time from 7 to 21 hours
set the twelveHourTime to false -- no "am" or "pm" but in 24 hour format
put "7:00" into tStartTime
convert tStartTime from short english time to dateItems
put tStartTime into tCurrTime -- copy the dateItems to new variable that will be turned into time
convert tCurrTime to short time -- here dateItems in tCurrTime are converted to time
put tCurrTime & cr after tCollect -- collect the times
repeat tInterValNo
add 40 to item 5 of tStartTime -- add to dateItems
put tStartTime into tCurrTime -- again transfer to variable
convert tCurrTime to short time -- that will be converted to the time
put tCurrTime & cr after tCollect
end repeat
delete byte - 1 of tCollect -- delete last return
put tCollect into field 1
end mouseUp
Kind regards
Bernd
Re: Time calculations
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:22 pm
by dunbarx
Hi.
I prefer a standardized time gadget. Try both of these in a button. They will yield a time that is 40 minutes after you click the button. The starting time, and any number of intervals, can then be easily incorporated into the code:
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on mouseUp
get the time
convert it to dateItems
add 40 to item 5 of it
convert it to short time
answer it
end mouseUp
on mouseUp
get the time
convert it to seconds
add 2400 to it
convert it to short time
answer it
end mouseUp
Just to show that LC has a wealth of tools for this sort of thing. Which way you do it is a matter of personal style.
Craig Newman
Re: Time calculations
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:30 am
by mahendra
Absolutely awesome
Thank you for the swift replies.