Well sorry, I don't actually want <<now>>. I want the created date of the current tiddler, but I think the overall question is the same, which is, how do I show a list of tiddlers created on the same day (date) as the current tiddler. This will eventually be a macro, possibly.
On Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 9:48:39 AM UTC-5 Jack Baty wrote: > I'm still tinkering with this. > > Thanks to Mark for suggesting adding the Timezone to the sameday filter. > That works, but I can't find it documented anywhere. On the DateFormat > page <https://tiddlywiki.com/#DateFormat> "TZD" is mentioned as Timezone > format option but in use it renders as "-5:00" not "05". I've found that > only "05" works when used in the sameday operator, e.g.: > > <<list-links filter:"[sameday:created[2021031305]!is[system]]">> > > This works (by works I mean that sameday lists tiddlers created on the, > er, same day). > > I'm obviously not capable of understanding documentation, because the only > way I can find to show a list of tiddlers created on the same day as the > current tiddler is something like this: > > <$set name="thedate" value=<<now YYYY0MMDD>>> > <<list-links filter:"[sameday:created[$(thedate)$05]!is[system]]">> > </$set> > > Note the hardcoded "05". Also, this seems somewhat convoluted. There > *must* be a better way to just include the YYYYMMDD formated date as part > of the filter operator without setting a variable, right? And it's probably > something obvious and simple that I've overlooked. I get confused around > "<<foo>>" vs "$foo$" vs "$(foo)$" vs "[[foo]]" and I cannot figure out how > to just put the "now YYYY0MMDD" bit right in the filter. > > > > On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 2:36:56 PM UTC-5 Jack Baty wrote: > >> I'll try the offset, thanks. I'd be happy with a string match on >> "20210302*", too though, as that's always the day I'm looking for. Half the >> reason I got out of development was to avoid dealing with timezones :) >> >> On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 1:18:08 PM UTC-5 Mark S. wrote: >> >>> If you add your offset to the time, then I think you'll get the results >>> you want. That is, if you're in Lima (utc -5), you might use >>> >>> sameday:created[2021030205] >>> >>> If you live in the other direction, then the math is harder. If you live >>> in Yekaterinburg (utc +5), then I assume you would have to use: >>> >>> sameday:created[2021030119] >>> >>> >>>> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/66ec056a-93ab-4257-87d7-17b68c3b197bn%40googlegroups.com.
