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Hi - I want to set a variable to show the date 30 days from the current date (System_Date_Full date). I had hoped that setting a variable (say 'Newdate') to be equal to System_date_full, then adding 30 to this variable, would get the variable to the date thirty days from now, but it didn't work. Wondering if there's some script I could put in that would do this job - have searched the forums but can't find anything. Any advice would be welcomed.

Adds 30 days to current date:



I wouldn't advice using this sort of technique if it's for some form of trial security.

Mack

Hi - thanks for the post, but couldn't get it to work.

I entered the script:

//get current date
date_payment_overdue = new Date()
//convert to milliseconds
var ms = Date.parse(date_payment_overdue)
//Add 30 days worth of milliseconds
ms = ms + (86400000*30)
//convert back to date
date_payment_overdue.setTime(ms)

However, when I viewed the date_payment_overdue, it hadn't been advanced by time at all - still said Sun 13 May 2012 11:32:07

Also, I only need it to be in the same syntax as the System_date_full variable - ie 12 Jun 2012.

Any further help would be appreciated

Seems to work fine here. I added a debug line to the end and it spat out the 12th June from today's date.



As for the format, the variable (date_payment_overdue) is a date object, you can use Opus' commands, such as getMonth() to pull the data and then format it. The list is in the help section.

Mack