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  • April 19, 2011 at 1:42 pm #52416
    David Harrison
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      I need to subtract one minute from the time and date if it is midnight. The datetime is presented as CCYYMMDDHHMM. I found the following code but it only works if there is a space between the date and time:

      Code:

      sset time “20110419 0000”
      set format “%Y%m%d%H%M”
      set time [clock format [clock scan “-1 minute” -base [clock scan $time]] -format $format]
      puts $time

      201104182359


      If I remove the space I get:

      Code:

      set time “201104190000”
      set format “%Y%m%d%H%M”
      set time [clock format [clock scan “-1 minute” -base [clock scan $time]] -format $format]
      puts $time

      7393106182359


      Any clues welcome.

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      • April 19, 2011 at 2:12 pm #74129
        Ron Ridley
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          Have you tried passing in -format $format in your clock scan call?

          Code:


          set time [clock format [clock scan “-1 minute” -base [clock scan $time -format $format]] -format $format]

        • April 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm #74130
          David Harrison
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            That did it. Thank you.

          • November 1, 2012 at 7:49 pm #74131
            Gene Salay
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              This code doesn’t seem to work in 5.8 on AIX with TCL 8.4.    

              Did the -format option for clock scan pass away at some point?

            • November 2, 2012 at 6:24 pm #74132
              Bakha Nurzhanov
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                I believe clock scan -format option gets introduced in Tcl 8.5

              • November 2, 2012 at 6:27 pm #74133
                Gene Salay
                Participant

                  What version of Cloverleaf began support for TCL 8.5?

                • November 2, 2012 at 6:29 pm #74134
                  Gene Salay
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                    Also, why can’t I search for “8.5” on Clovertech?

                  • November 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm #74135
                    Peter Heggie
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                      My release notes for v5.8.5 states that Tcl 8.4.12 is supported/included.

                      Peter Heggie

                    • November 2, 2012 at 9:19 pm #74136
                      John Mercogliano
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                        David,

                         Here is a link that discusses your issue with the clock command in detail.

                        <a href="https://usspvlclovertch2.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=2613&highlight=&#8221; class=”bbcode_url”>https://usspvlclovertch2.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=2613&highlight=

                        Hopefully, in 6.0 they go to 8.5 where clock uses 64 bit int and we don’t have to worry about running out of dates.  We occasionally have people fat finger future dates that are out of bounds of tcls range.  It would be nice not to have to worry about that.

                        John Mercogliano
                        Sentara Healthcare
                        Hampton Roads, VA

                      • November 3, 2012 at 3:35 pm #74137
                        Gene Salay
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                          Ok, I’m feeling like the dunce in the room.   Can anyone answer this: How, back on Tuesday April 19, 2011, were Ron Ridley and David Harrison using TCL 8.5 to get the -format option to work for the clock command if, on Saturday, November 3, 2012, TCL 8.5 is still not included in Cloverleaf?

                        • November 5, 2012 at 10:54 am #74138
                          David Harrison
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                            Gene,

                            Yes I was a bit confused as well. I

                          • November 5, 2012 at 5:39 pm #74139
                            Gene Salay
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                              Thanks David, but not entirely.     Apparently it WAS working for Ron?

                              Is it possible to install a later TCL on your CIS box?

                              And again, can anyone answer why searching for 8.5 in Clovertech fails?

                              Thanks!

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