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Bjarne Fyrstenborg 1284 posts 4038 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Jan 08, 2012 @ 19:57

Hi..

If there another way to get the difference between two dates in days than using DateDiff ?

It seems only to have the parametres: "s", "m" or "y" so I have to set the 14 days in minutes:

<xsl:variable name="currentDate" select="umbraco.library:CurrentDate()"/>
<xsl:variable name="created" select="$product/@createDate"/>

<xsl:if test="umbraco.library:DateDiff($currentDate, $created, 'm') &lt;= 20160">
   <img src="/gfx/new_sticker.png" alt="" width="94" height="85" class="new_sticker" />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="oldPrice != ''">
   <img src="/gfx/offer_sticker.png" alt="" width="94" height="85" class="offer_sticker" />
</xsl:if>

Bjarne

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Tom Fulton 2030 posts 4998 karma points c-trib

Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:10

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Hi Bjarne,

That's strange, can you not use "d" for days? I thought you'd be able to use any of the intervals documented here.

-Tom

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Bjarne Fyrstenborg 1284 posts 4038 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:27

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Yes, that's strange.. if I use d instead of m it just return 0 on every product.

When I use m for minutes it return numbers like: 50143, 12569, 12568... and so on..

So it doesn't seem to be an available parameter in that method..

Bjarne

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Tom Fulton 2030 posts 4998 karma points c-trib

Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:41

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Ah you're right, confirmed it in the source. Very strange indeed! Not sure why it's done that way...

If you wanted you could look into uComponents Dates extensions, it has DateWithinLastDays(string, int) that returns true/false. Or if you're just looking to improve readability, you could of course create a variable called $numDays and just multiply by 24 * 60 in your DateDiff call.

-Tom

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Bjarne Fyrstenborg 1284 posts 4038 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:50

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Yes very.. it's a common scenario where you want to use dates.. but of course I can just multiple number of days with 24*60 ..

Thanks, that might be useful.. but in this case it's okay with that fix..

Bjarne

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