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ownedbycats · 11-03-2024, 01:44 AM

Question: I have a stored template, colours_daysbetween(), formatted as colours_daysbetween($#lastread, '#00aaff', '#69cfff', '#9bdeff').

Code:

program:

	arguments(date, colourA, colourB, colourC);
	now = format_date(today(), 'yyyy-MM-dd');

	if days_between(now,date) <#1 then colourA
	elif days_between(now,date) <=# 14 then colourB
	elif days_between(now,date) <=# 30 then colourC 
	fi

I don't remember where I got this (I possibly wrote it myself) but is there any particular reason to use a format_date() instead of just 'today()'? The template works when tested with the latter.

11-03-2024, 01:44 AM	#747
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,382 Karma: 79699999 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Question: I have a stored template, colours_daysbetween(), formatted as colours_daysbetween($#lastread, '#00aaff', '#69cfff', '#9bdeff'). Code: program: arguments(date, colourA, colourB, colourC); now = format_date(today(), 'yyyy-MM-dd'); if days_between(now,date) <#1 then colourA elif days_between(now,date) <=# 14 then colourB elif days_between(now,date) <=# 30 then colourC fi I don't remember where I got this (I possibly wrote it myself) but is there any particular reason to use a format_date() instead of just 'today()'? The template works when tested with the latter.