I have a tab in sheets that collects dates from a scheduling application. All the values in Appointments!C:C are dates. I am trying to bring those dates to another tab, but some of the values seem to be converting into non-dates, while some stay as dates.
i am using the following script:
if(AppWO==OpenWO)
{
var Appdate1 = new Date(AppRange[i][3]) // this gets the date value from sheet ss1
var DateString1 = ("0" + Appdate1.getDate()).slice(-2) + "-" + ("0"+(Appdate1.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2) + "-" + Appdate1.getFullYear() //this breaks up and reforms the value
ss0.getRange(j+2,24,1,1).setValue(DateString1) //this puts the date in sheet ss0
}
The problem is that 'DateString1' on sheet ss0 seems to not always be a date value. Do I need to do something differntly to use setValue() when working with dates?
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I made a few functions with GoogleSheets using AppsScripts for simple task a few times in previous years. I always had problems when taking dates from cells/ranges and processing them, but somehow alwaays found a workaround, so that I did not have to deal with it. Well, this time I can not find a workaround, so I will try to explain my problems with the following code:
function getDates(){
var s = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sht = s.getSheetByName('Dates');
var date = sht.getRange(2,1).getValues();
Logger.log(date[0][0]); //output is Tue Jun 08 18:00:00 GMT-04:00 2021
var datumFilter= Utilities.formatDate(date[0][0], "GMT+1", "dd/mm/yy");
Logger.log(datumFilter); //output is 08/00/21
var outrng = sht.getRange(25,1);
outrng.setValue(date);
}
The first targeted cell ('var date') has a value of "9.6.21" in the spreadsheet. The cell is formatted as a date and it opens a calendar when double-clicked. When I set the new cells values (with 'outrng.setValue(date);'), the result is OK, with the same date as in the original cell.
But I do not need to simply transfer the values, I want to implement them in some loops and I have no idea how to simply get the date in the same format or at least the same date in the script as it is in the cell. As you can see from the logger, the values there are different. A simple d/m/yy format would be sufficient.
My spreadsheet settings are set to my local time (Slovenia, GMT+1).
I am guessing that I am missing some basics here. I have spent many hours trying to understand it, so any help is highly appreciated!
Cooper already answered all your questions in the comment. I'd like to add on and show you an example on what it would like and add some modifications.
Code:
function getDates() {
var s = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sht = s.getSheetByName('Dates');
// get last row of the sheet
var lastRow = sht.getLastRow();
// get your sheet's timezone
var timezone = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSpreadsheetTimeZone();
var output = [];
// getValues is mostly used for multiple cells returning a 2D array
// use getValue for single cells to return its actual value
// but since function name is getDates, I assume column A is all dates
// so we fetch the whole column (A2:A[lastRow]) except the header
var dates = sht.getRange("A2:A" + lastRow).getValues();
// for each date on that column, we format the date to d/M/yy
// m/mm = minute
// M/MM = month
dates.forEach(function ([date]){
Logger.log(date);
var datumFilter= Utilities.formatDate(new Date(date), timezone, "d/M/yy");
Logger.log(datumFilter);
// collect all dates in an array
output.push([datumFilter]);
});
// assign all the dates in the array onto range B2:B
sht.getRange(2, 2, output.length, 1).setValues(output);
}
Sample data:
Logs:
Output:
Note:
The output on sheets is not equal to logs due to the formatting of my sheet.
I have a Google Sheet where information from a Google Form is dumped. Two of the columns create a date range (columns C and G) and I would like for the sheet to automatically create a new row of information for every date of the range and copy all the other information from the original row for every row that is created. In the end, every date in the range has it's own row regardless of it being 2 days or 25 and all the the information gathered through the form be present for each day. If there is not a date in column G, it is only a one day trip and there is no need for additional rows. To make things more difficult when someone submits a form, the information is entered into the row directly beneath the last one that it filled, so these new rows filled by the date range will need to be down the sheet, possibly beginning at row 2000 or more as this sheet will have a lot of information in a few months. As you may see in the sample, there is another sheet in the workbook that performs all the sorting. Thanks for any help.
Sample Document
You will need to create a form submit event and attach the following code to it. Also you'll need to create a sheet name 'ResponseReview'.
function formSubmitEvent1(e)
{
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.openById('SpreadsheetID');
var sht=ss.getSheetByName('ResponseReview');
sht.appendRow(e.values);
}
The above code will need the SpreadsheetId in the openById Method. This code will append any new rows to the end of the ResponseReview sheet.
The code below will expand any entrees that have a date in column 3 and 7 and it will also remove the end date in column 7 from that first row. I use the fact that if column 3 is not empty and column 7 is not and column 7 is no equal to column 3 then that's a row that needs to be expanded. So I have to remove the end date so that it won't continue to get expanded when it's run again in the future. We could figure something else out if you need to keep than end date. We could add a don't expand column at the end.
function convertRangetoRows()
{
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sht=ss.getSheetByName('ResponseReview');
var rng=sht.getDataRange();
var rngA=rng.getValues();
var rngB=[];
var day=86400000;
rngB.push(rngA[0]);
for(var i=1;i<rngA.length;i++)
{
rngB.push(rngA[i]);
if(rngA[i][2] && rngA[i][6] && rngA[i][2]!=rngA[i][6])
{
var row=rngA[i].slice();//returns a new copy of the array by value
rngA[i][6]='';//deletes the end date by reference so it also deletes the one thats already been pushed into rngB
var dt0=new Date(row[2]);
var dt1=new Date(row[6]);
var days=(dt1.valueOf()-dt0.valueOf())/day;
var dt=dt0.valueOf();
for(j=0;j<days;j++)
{
dt+=day;
row[2]=Utilities.formatDate(new Date(dt), Session.getScriptTimeZone(), "MM/dd/yyyy");//original array unchanged
row[6]='';//original array unchanged
rngB.push(row.slice());//push in a copy
}
}
var intermediate='nothing';
}
var outrng=sht.getRange(1,1,rngB.length,rngB[0].length);
outrng.setValues(rngB);
var end='the end is near';
}
This is what my spreadsheet looks like before running the expansion function:
And After:
And now you can leave the sheet linked to the form alone and let it be an archive for submitted data.
Hi I am a newbie and have a problem I have been trying to solve for weeks. I have a table imported from excel with dates in text format (because dates go back to 1700s) Most are in the format "mmmyyyy", so it is relatively easy to add "1" to the date, convert to date format, and sort in correct date order. The problem I have is that some of the dates in the table are simply "yyyy", and some are empty. I cannot find an expression that works to convert these last two to eg 1 Jan yyyy and 1 Jan 1000 within the same expression. Is this possible, or would I need to do this in two queries? Sorry if this question is very basic - I cannot find an answer anywhere.
TIA
You can do something like:
Public Function ConvertDate(Byval Expression As Variant) As Date
Dim Result As Date
If IsNull(Expression) Then
Result = DateSerial(1000, 1, 1)
ElseIf Len(Expression) = 4 Then
Result = DateSerial(Expression, 1, 1)
Else
Result = DateValue(Right(Expression, 4) & "/" & Left(Expression, 3) & "/1")
End If
ConvertDate = Result
End Function
Bij splitting a string an array gives me following values back:
araay[1]=2
araay[2]=9
array[3]=2014
My question is how can i make from these 3 numbers a date 2-9-2014.
If i try:
var date = (array[1]-array[2]-array[3])
the return value is -2021 This is 2-9-2014=2021
var date = new Date (array[1]-array[2]-array[3])
the return value is 2
var date = new Date (array[1]-array[2]-array[3])
the reutrun value is 4-4-1908
So who can solve this?
Read basic string or char functionality for your chosen language.
Also this can be put in a class, predefined or not.
First you can try to use the - as chars instead of operators..
date = array[1] + "-" + array[2] + "-" + array[3]
but you should seriously just look at some documentation..
http://en.cppreference.com/w/
I am very new to Selenium IDE or javascript and was using google to learn it and do some testing of my website application. In my application I need to input user name and date of activity as part of the testcase.
I used random string generator function I saw online and created a user-extension.js to be called in S-IDE for the user name and was using a storeEval command to generate a date 5 days from today's date to give in the date of activity field. But today being 26th of Apr, when I run the script it is generating a date of 31-Apr which is invalid date and the test is failing.
I again found some code snippets online on how to check if the date generated is valid and then pass valid date back. But when I append this to the user-extension.js (Selenium.prototype.doValidDay) that I am having, this function is not recognized by S-IDE more over my random string function is also not recognized. (Meaning I am not able to find the command when I type on the command line of S-IDE)
Can someone please help me understand how to append multiple commands in a userextension js? I even created 2 js and selected both of them in options tab. Still not working..
Please help...
Try This for getting future date.
Selenium.prototype.doTypeTodaysDate = function(locator){
var dates = new Date();
dates.setDate(dates.getDate() + 5);
var day = dates.getDate();
if (day < 10){
day = '0' + day;
}
month = dates.getMonth() + 1;
if (month < 10){
month = '0' + month;
}
var year = dates.getFullYear();
var prettyDay = day + '/' + month + '/' + year;
this.doType(locator, prettyDay);
}
Copy the above code into note pad and save as date.js
after that add the date.js file into selenium ide
Options->Selenium core Extensions->browse the file
Think it will work for you.
Thank you