[Solved] How to use date functions in Thunkable X

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Continuing the discussion from Dates Functions:

Hi

1- How can I add # of days to a specific date, for example adding 100 days to 28/02/2019.
2- How can I calculate # of days between 2 dates, for example how many days between 15/04/2018 and 20/03/2019.
3- How can I get the day of the week from Jason for specific date, for example what is the day of the week on 15/05/2018
4- Is it possible to have Date Picker to choose dates from in Thunkable X same as the one in thunkable classic.

thanks

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I need the answers of these questions.

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Hi @ali4oman and @bymaho,
Answer 1:
If you have a table of how many days are in each month, you can add a number of days to your date by:

  1. if (days left in month) < number, set new date to last day of original month, set number to (number - (days left in month)).
    Example: 14 Feb 2019 + 100 days = 28 Feb 2019 + 86 days
  2. For as long as the next month of days is less than number, add 1 month to new date and take that many days away from number
    Example: 28 Feb 2019 + 86 days = 31 Mar 2019 + 55 days = 30 Apr 2019 + 25 days
  3. Add the remaining number to your date
    Example: 30 Apr 2019 + 25 days = 25 May 2019

Answer 2:
Using a method like above, if two dates are in different months the # of days between them is (days between start date and end of month) + (days between end date and start of month) + (number of days in any full months between start date and end date)

Answer 3:
If you use the date input in your app, you can see what the day of the month was on a given date. If you want to type a date and get a day of the week, use an API with our Web API component for this purpose.

Answer 4: There sure is!

Hope this helps :smile:

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a little bit crayz but it works. Anyone can try it.
These blocks calculate the exact date between two dates.

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Hey! This is sweet! Thank you!!

I will be using this to figout out EPOCH time to use timestampps for data filtering from airtable!

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Hi @jane.
How to use blocks for your answer?
Could you show me?

I will use 2 date pickers and make a list of date.
For example, 2020-02-11,2020-02-12,2020-02-13,2020-02-14

I can’t make different days each month.

please give me an idea.

Thanks

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@go1tentcjzwu - can you share a screenshot of the blocks you are using at the moment and we can point you in the right direction from there.

Thanks.

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I use 2 date pickers.
Left blocks is first pick.
Right is second.

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Thanks @go1tentcjzwu

So what are you trying to do here?

Are you setting start dates and end dates? do you want to create an array of dates between these two values?

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My solution is up there.
I solved it.
Thanks

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Hi I tried using the method you did but how to fetch the values from API?