%DAY,%MONTH,%YEAR %HOURS,%MINUTES,%SECONDS Varibles

[Zohar]

Hi

 

 

Does Tasker have these variables?

%DAY,%MONTH,%YEAR   %HOURS,%MINUTES,%SECONDS Varibles

 

 

The closest thing I could find is %DAYM, but that's it..

 

 

Thank you

[Pent]

Use the action Variable Convert action with the %TIMES variable to
get those values.

Pent

[Zohar]

OK Thank you, I will use it.

 

 

Can I recommend to add these Global Built-in Variables?

%DATE_DAY

%DATE_MONTH

%DATE_YEAR

 

%TIME_HOURS

%TIME_MINUTES

%TIME_SECONDS

 

 

Altho as you say, we can calculate it from the existing %DATE and %TIME variables,

it takes quite several actions,

and on the other hand if you add these variables, we can make our programs musch shorter and simpler..

 

 

 

[Ping Flood]

+1

Or give us an action/function to convert from %TIMES to any custom output format.

I'm currently using JavaScript to do this, but is spent so much resources for so little task...

Regards

[anon ymous]

+1 to convert time in seconds to custom format

Meanwhile, the shell command 'date' returns the following for me: Sun Mar 22 08:57:46 NZDT 2015
Does that format help anyone?

[Robert Ryan]

@Zohar - Tasker already offers at least three different ways to get these values, e.g. Java Calendar object, Javascript, and parsing the value from Variable Convert. Why add a fourth?

@anon ymous - Formatting of time and date strings is already available using Java's SimpleDateFormat class.

[paulb...@gmail.com]

But for that I'd have to learn java. Would java get me the timezone & daylight code? That's what I use that command for.

On 22/03/2015 3:18 pm, "Robert Ryan" <rbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

@Zohar -  Tasker already offers at least three different ways to get these values, e.g. Java Calendar object, Javascript, and parsing the value from Variable Convert. Why add a fourth?

@anon ymous - Formatting of time and date strings is already available using Java's SimpleDateFormat class.

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[Saad Thahim]

How to get this with variable convert. And pent please reply to my problem about slow working of task posted in another thread.

[Robert Ryan]

I'm not sure what you mean by daylight code, but timezone info is definitely available.

[Richard Finegold]

The date command, which might be bundled with one's ROM (or, alternatively, provided by busybox), might suffice for one's needs. For example,

A1: Run Shell [ Command:date "+%Z %z" Timeout (Seconds):0 Use Root:Off Store Output In:%datefmt Store Errors In: Store Result In: ]
A2: Flash [ Text:%datefmt Long:Off ]

Note that the bundled one might not support the -d switch (a date/time other than now) and might have other limitations. The busybox version is quite flexible.

[Robert Ryan]

@Saad Thahim - As an example, to get the current month:

Month (15)
A1: Variable Set [ Name:%now To:%TIMES Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A2: Variable Convert [ Name:%now Function:Seconds to Long Date Time Store Result In:%date_str ]
A3: Variable Search Replace [ Variable:%date_str Search:(?<=,\s)[[:ALPHA:]]+ Ignore Case:Off Multi-Line:Off One Match Only:Off Store Matches In:%month Replace Matches:Off Replace With: ]
A4: Flash [ Text:%month() Long:On ]

[Robert Ryan]

The following task gets you the various time/date fields as global variables. It is designed to be called using the Perform Task action. Set %par1 to 1 for short month/day. Set %par1 to 2 for long month/day.

Get Time (17)
A1: Variable Set [ Name:%par1 To:1 Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %par1 != 2 ]
A2: Java Function [ Return:calendar Class Or Object:Calendar Function:getInstance
{Calendar} () Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A3: Java Function [ Return:locale Class Or Object:Locale Function:getDefault
{Locale} () Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A4: Java Function [ Return:%Month Class Or Object:calendar Function:getDisplayName
{String} (int, int, Locale) Param:2 Param:%par1 Param:locale Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A5: Java Function [ Return:%Day_Of_Week Class Or Object:calendar Function:getDisplayName
{String} (int, int, Locale) Param:7 Param:%par1 Param:locale Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A6: Java Function [ Return:%Date Class Or Object:calendar Function:get
{int} (int) Param:5 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A7: Java Function [ Return:%Year Class Or Object:calendar Function:get
{int} (int) Param:1 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A8: Java Function [ Return:%Hour_24 Class Or Object:calendar Function:get
{int} (int) Param:11 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A9: Java Function [ Return:%Hour Class Or Object:calendar Function:get
{int} (int) Param:10 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A10: Java Function [ Return:%Minute Class Or Object:calendar Function:get
{int} (int) Param:12 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A11: Java Function [ Return:%Second Class Or Object:calendar Function:get
{int} (int) Param:13 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: ]
A12: Java Function [ Return:%Am_Pm Class Or Object:calendar Function:getDisplayName
{String} (int, int, Locale) Param:9 Param:%par1 Param:locale Param: Param: Param: Param: ]

[Ping Flood]

To contribute with the discussion, here follow the solution I use to get formatted date/time.

Run it by Perform Task action, pass your epoch time in ms (%TIMEMS) as parameter 1 and the date format as parameter 2. Date format is any code supported by SimpleDateFormat: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Result will be stored in the Return Value Variable.

E.g.:

Perform Task DateFormat

%par1: 1427069107000

%par2: yyyy-mm-dd

%res: 2015-03-23

DateFormat (39)

Run Both Together

A1: Java Function [ Return:dt Class Or Object:Date Function:new

{Date} (long) Param:%par1 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Continue Task After Error:On ] 

A2: Java Function [ Return:df Class Or Object:SimpleDateFormat Function:new

{SimpleDateFormat} (String) Param:%par2 Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Continue Task After Error:On ] 

A3: Java Function [ Return:%res Class Or Object:df Function:format

{String} (Object) Param:dt Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Param: Continue Task After Error:On ] 

A4: Return [ Value:%res Stop:On ] 

With kind regards

[Bill Stewart]

Excellent - created a task with the Java functions. This is the best technique I've seen. Thanks!

Bill

[Dale Smith]

I tried to duplicate Roberts Java Functions but I'm getting run time errors.
Anyone see the problem?

[Rich D]

I tried to duplicate Roberts Java Functions but I'm getting run time errors.
Anyone see the problem?

this action is working on my 2  devices..

[Dale Smith]

Never mind I got it working. I was using copy and paste to build the actions. After fiddling around with one I found that some of the spaces weren't spaces.

[Mr. Garber]

I have no use for javascript other than to obtain the hour variable. I don't see how it is productive in my life to spend next 2 days trying to figure out what you guys are talking about, then trying to get the code and troubleshoot. Much less 6 months learning javascript which I turn off at every chance, abhore it and Java written programs with a passion.

You guys are myopic. Just upload files we can import to get the tasker variables, like hour. Add to the tasker docs. Thus 2 million users can save 200 million hours screwing with something so unnecessary.

[ktmom]

Just use the autotools time action

[John W.]

I usually just bypass Tasker's date variable as the raw format is usually inadequate for my needs unless I do some reformatting. I find dates are simpler using a code>shell command like date +"%Y/%m/%d,%H:%M:%S,%s" (formatting and value parameters available by Googling "unix date format"). This gives a useable format for csv data and can be used for conditional operations via Regex patterning.

[John W.]

This thread has set me thinking and I think I have a solid idea, not just here, but elsewhere in Tasker as well!

Can Tasker not implement arrayed native/global vars? DATE presently returns m-d-yy. Why couldn't DATE(1:4) return a numbered year, month, day-of-month, and day-of-week? Same goes for TIME (hr, min, sec, ¿TZ?)

Perhaps a TIME() array could also swallow TIMES and TIMEMS?

Similarly, why not use WIFI for the state, WIFI(1) for connection data, and WIFI(2) for scan data?

I don't think existing vars like DAYM, DAYW, TIMES, TIMEMS, and WIFII should be deleted but rather just delisted so that existing tasks will continue to function.

I think this works on many levels: less confusion for the noob, less clutter for the vet. The beginner mode toggle could even have the effect of showing/hiding the arrayed subelements in the var list.

[John W.]

BTW, a few years ago I commenced writing a routine to return anything I wanted in any format I wanted. It prob isn't suitable for redist, but its base functionality operates with a mere two lines:


DESC ::
Date Sandbox (66)
<year yearday yearweek yearmonth monthday weekday hours minutes seconds utc tz month day ap>
A1: Run Shell [ Command:date +"%Y %0j %0U %0m %0d %0w %0H %0M %0S %z %^Z %^p %^B %^A" Timeout (Seconds):2 Use Root:Off Store Output In:%date Store Errors In: Store Result In: Continue Task After Error:On ]
A2: Variable Search Replace [ Variable:%date Search:\S+ Ignore Case:Off Multi-Line:Off One Match Only:Off Store Matches In Array:%date Replace Matches:Off Replace With: ]


XML ::
Date Sandbox (66)
<year yearday yearweek yearmonth monthday weekday hours minutes seconds utc tz month day ap>
A1: Run Shell [ Command:date +"%Y %0j %0U %0m %0d %0w %0H %0M %0S %z %^Z %^p %^B %^A" Timeout (Seconds):2 Use Root:Off Store Output In:%date Store Errors In: Store Result In: Continue Task After Error:On ]
A2: Variable Search Replace [ Variable:%date Search:\S+ Ignore Case:Off Multi-Line:Off One Match Only:Off Store Matches In Array:%date Replace Matches:Off Replace With: ]


So basically this puts everything possibly into an array (except epoch sec and epoch milisec which already have tasker vars). Just access the tokens as %date(1)...%date(14)

Examples ::
%date(1)/%date(4)/%date(5) 》 2019/06/17
%date(2) 》 168