gn:act_createTimestampFromDate

Description

Action used to convert given day, month, year into a dateTime and stores it into a target

Action returns

void

Action signature

[gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[target,periodDescriptor,timeZone;dateForTimestampDay,dateForTimestampMonth,dateForTimestampYear]

Parameter	Description
target	target target to which dateTime will be stored. Valid target: any target that accepts dateTime
periodDescriptor (optional)	source source from which period information will be retrieved. Period descriptor describes which time in day will be set in dateTime. If parameter is omitted begin will be used as default value. Valid source: text Valid values in source: begin start of day end end of day
timeZone (optional)	source source from which period information will be retrieved. TimeZone which will be used during conversion of input values to dateTime If parameter is omitted GMT will be used as default value. Valid source: text Valid values in source: see column canonicalID's
dateForTimestampDay (optional)	source source from which day information will be retrieved. Day which will be used during conversion of input values to dateTime If parameter is omitted day will be automatically set by periodDescriptor parameter. i.e. if day is not defined and periodDescriptor is end, day will be last day in month Valid source: number Valid values in source: numbers 1-X where X is last day of month. i.e.15
dateForTimestampMonth (optional)	source source from which month information will be retrieved. Month which will be used during conversion of input values to dateTime If parameter is omitted month will be automatically set by periodDescriptor parameter. i.e. if month is not defined and periodDescriptor is end, month will be set to 12 Valid source: number Valid values in source: numbers 1-12 i.e.4
dateForTimestampYear (optional)	source source from which year information will be retrieved. Year which will be used during conversion of input values to dateTime If parameter is omitted year will be automatically set to current year. Valid source: number Valid values in source: numbers i.e.2021

Examples

Please note that examples result data is relative to date when example was written (10.09.2020).

variables

    <variable id="timestampTarget" type="dateTime"/>
    <variable id="periodDescriptorId" type="text">end</variable>
    <variable id="timeZoneId" type="text">America/Caracas</variable>
    <variable id="dateForTimestampDayId" type="number">13</variable>
    <variable id="dateForTimestampMonthId" type="number">4</variable>
    <variable id="dateForTimestampYearId" type="number">2021</variable>

usage1

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/exampleFrame"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:visibility="gone"
    gn:act_set="[gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult;]" />

after action execution result1

   1577836800000
   Wednesday, January 1, 2020 12:00:00 AM

usage2

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/exampleFrame"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:visibility="gone"
    gn:act_set="[gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult,@variable/periodDescriptorId;@variable/dateForTimestampDayId,@variable/dateForTimestampMonthId]" />

after action execution result2

   1586822399999
   Monday, April 13, 2020 11:59:59.999 PM

more short examples of signatures

<FrameLayout
    gn:act_set="
    [gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult;]
    [gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult,,@variable/timeZoneId]
    [gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult;,@variable/dateForTimestampMonthId]
    [gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult;@variable/dateForTimestampDayId,@variable/dateForTimestampMonthId]
    [gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult;@variable/dateForTimestampDayId,@variable/dateForTimestampMonthId,@variable/dateForTimestampYearId]
    [gn:act_createTimestampFromDate]|[@+id/act_createTimestampFromDateResult;@variable/dateForTimestampDayId,,@variable/dateForTimestampYearId]"/>

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