[date_relative]
| Link | date_relative |
| Author | Jason Huck |
| Category | Date |
| Version | 8.5.x |
| License | Public Domain |
| Posted | 07 Jun 2007 |
| Updated | 07 Jun 2007 |
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Description
This tag converts the given date into relative terms, such as "Yesterday", "Today", "Tomorrow", or "Next Thursday." Appends the time in 12-hour format. Requires [lp_date_leapyear].
Sample Usage
var('date') = date->subtract( -week=2)&;
loop(30);
date_relative($date) + '
\n';
$date->add( -day=1);
/loop;
Source Code
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define_tag(
'relative',
-namespace='date_',
-req='in', -type='date', -copy,
-opt='format', -type='string',
-priority='replace',
-description='Outputs the given date in relative format (yesterday/today/tomorrow).'
);
!local_defined('format') ? local('format' = '%D %h:%M %p');
local(
'rel' = string,
'out' = string,
'day' = @#in->dayofyear,
'daysinyear' = (lp_date_leapyear ? 366 | 365),
'today' = @date->dayofyear
);
local(
'yesterday' = (#today - 1 == 0 ? #daysinyear | #today - 1),
'tomorrow' = (#today + 1 > #daysinyear ? 1 | #today + 1)
);
select(true);
case(#today == #day);
#rel = 'Today';
case(#yesterday == #day);
#rel = 'Yesterday';
case(#tomorrow == #day);
#rel = 'Tomorrow';
case(#day > #tomorrow && #day < #today + 7);
#rel = 'This ' + #in->format('%A');
case(#day >= #today + 7 && #day < #today + 14);
#rel = 'Next ' + #in->format('%A');
case;
return(#in->format(#format)->lowercase&);
/select;
#out = (#rel + ' ' + #in->format('%h:%M %p')->lowercase&);
return(#out);
/define_tag;
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