Current date and Date user variables

[galinette]

Hi,

I want to do a simple thing : test if the current date matches the value of a user variable of "Date" type.

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domoticz.variables("MyDate").value

returns a string that looks like : "25/12/2018"

but:

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domoticz.time.rawDate

returns a string that looks like : "2018-12-25"

So I cannot compare the two. Also:

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domoticz.time.matchesRule('on '.. domoticz.variables("MyDate").value)

Does not work since the trigger rules cannot have a dd/mm/yyyy format, only dd/mm

As a workaround I now rely on:

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local day = domoticz.time.day
local month = domoticz.time.month
local year = domoticz.time.year
local date = day .. '/' .. month .. '/' .. year
if date==domoticz.variables(MyDate').value then

That's quite cumbersome for a simple task, and this is awfully non robust as it will break if the date format changes.

Is there any good solution?

Thanks!

[waaren]

I want to do a simple thing : test if the current date matches the value of a user variable of "Date" type.

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domoticz.variables("MyDate").value

returns a string that looks like : "25/12/2018"

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domoticz.time.rawDate

returns a string that looks like : "2018-12-25"
Is there any good solution?

yes !
use

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domoticz.time.matchesRule('on '.. domoticz.variables("MyDate").date.rawDate)

Other Variable attributes and methods can be found here

[dannybloe]

Or you use the date object’s compare function. See the docs.