[chaley]

Originally Posted by mijkala

I'm using an action chain to clean up my status section for fics and it's been working well, until I noticed one that won't change? Here's the code I have for both

program:
now = format_date(today(),'iso');
updated = $$#ao3_last_updated;
status = $#status;

	if 
		status=='In-Progress'
		&& days_between(now, updated) ># 183
	then 
		'Dormant'

	elif
		status=='In-Progress'
		&& days_between(now, updated) ># 900
	then 
		'Hiatus'

	else 
		status
	fi

Of note:

• The only check that will succeed is "># 183". Both 500 and 1000 are larger than 183. You should reverse the two checks to look for "># 900" first.
• today() returns an ISO formatted date. You don't need to format it again.

As for why the fic isn't updated, I suspect that #ao3_last_updated doesn't contain what you think or is formatted in some way where the conversion of the string to a date/time is failing. Without seeing the actual metadata in the library for the book we can't say any more. The book itself isn't relevant.