TestFtime

ftime test

* {(ftime '%B %Y' '-1 month')} - ({(ftime '%m' '-1 month')})
* {(ftime '%B %Y' '+0 month')} - ({(ftime '%m' '+0 month')})
* {(ftime '%B %Y'           )} - ({(ftime '%m'           )})
* {(ftime '%B %Y' '+1 month')} - ({(ftime '%m' '+1 month')}) -- bug? - expect Apr
* {(ftime '%B %Y' '+2 month')} - ({(ftime '%m' '+2 month')}) -- bug? - expect May
* {(ftime '%B %Y' '+3 month')} - ({(ftime '%m' '+3 month')}) -- bug? - expect Jun

* {(ftime '%B %Y' 'next month')} - ({(ftime '%m' 'next month')}) -- bug? - expect Apr
* {(ftime fmt='%A, %d %B %Y, %Hh%M' "Apr")} -- bug? - expect Apr

March 2024 - (03)
April 2024 - (04)
April 2024 - (04)
May 2024 - (05) -- bug? - expect Apr
June 2024 - (06) -- bug? - expect May
July 2024 - (07) -- bug? - expect Jun
May 2024 - (05) -- bug? - expect Apr
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 00h00 -- bug? - expect Apr

oh no! where is April ??

Because today is March 31, it adds or removes 1 month as in "February 31" and "April 31" which do not exist and are recalculated to 2020-03-02 and 2020-05-01, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14584115/. --Petko March 31, 2020, at 04:00 PM

!!!! Is this a likely solution ?
(:if ! equal {(ftime '%m' 'next month')} {(ftime '%m')}:)
* {(ftime '%B %Y' '+3 days')} - ({(ftime '%m' '+3 days')}) 'IF 1, expect Apr \0/'
(:else:)
* {(ftime '%B %Y' 'next month')} - ({(ftime '%m' 'next month')}) 'IF 2'
(:ifend:)

Is this a likely solution ?

April 2024 - (04) 'IF 1, expect Apr \0/'

VKrishn March 31, 2020, at 04:32 PM

You can do nested ftime: --Petko March 31, 2020, at 04:57 PM

inside:  15th of the current month: {(ftime "%Y-%m-15")}
* inside+1month: {(ftime when=(ftime "%Y-%m-15")+1month fmt="%B %Y")}
* inside-1month: {(ftime when=(ftime "%Y-%m-15")-1month fmt="%B %Y")}
* inside+2months: {(ftime when=(ftime "%Y-%m-15")+2month fmt="%B %Y")}

inside: 15th of the current month: 2024-04-15

inside+1month: May 2024
inside-1month: March 2024
inside+2months: June 2024

thanks, this works!, VKrishn March 31, 2020, at 06:56 PM

!!!! This could also work
(:if equal {(mod (ftime '%m' 'next month') (ftime '%m'))} 2:)
* {(ftime '%B %Y' '+3 days')} - ({(ftime '%m' '+3 days')}) 'IF 1, expect Apr \0/'
(:else:)
* {(ftime '%B %Y' 'next month')} - ({(ftime '%m' 'next month')}) 'IF 2'
(:ifend:)

This could also work

May 2024 - (05) 'IF 2'

VKrishn March 31, 2020, at 07:06 PM