Date macro fails under specific circumstances

Arco · Post by **Arco** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:03 am

I have a file availability check as follows:
\\path\to\destination\filename%jjj[+162d]%.txt

This check fails when the the resulting number is higher than 366, i.e. it will detect the existence of this file:
\\path\to\destination\filename366.txt

but will not detect the existence of this file:
\\path\to\destination\filename367.txt

Using 7.42 beta (but this didn't work in previous versions either)

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:15 am

It works just like it suppose to work.
Quote from the manual

%jjj% - The day of the year as a three digit decimal number in the range of 001 to 366

Do you really think that calendar year may contain more than 366 days?
Probably you misunderstand how expressions like [+1d] work? HostMonitor does not add just number to another number. It calculates correct calendar date.

Regards
Alex

Arco · Post by **Arco** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:29 am

Thanks for your swift reply.

What i'm trying to do is the following: once a day i have to check for the existence of a file that has an incrementing number in it's filename that is related to the day of year, as such:
today's check should find a file called file439.txt
tomorrow's check should find a filename called file440.txt
the day aftyer that: file441.txt

So i based my test on the current day of the year (%jjj%) with a fixed number of days added to it, and it didn't work past the number 366. I'll try and figure out if i can test another way.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:00 am

Sorry, I don't see built-in option that can do such trick.
I think you need simple script that can be used with Active Script or Shell Script test method..

Regards
Alex