topic Re: Timestamp interval problem in App Development

Timestamp interval problem

mikegrattan — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:41:52 GMT

I'm trying to use the Interval function to get the difference in minutes between two timestamps, but the result is in error. Here's the function I'm using in my load script:

Interval(TimeStamp#(TimeStamp(EndLoadTimestamp, 'M/D/YYYY h:mm:ss'), 'M/D/YYYY h:mm:ss') - TimeStamp#(TimeStamp(BeginLoadTimestamp, 'M/D/YYYY h:mm:ss'), 'M/D/YYYY h:mm:ss'), 'm') as MinutesToLoad

Here's what the results look like:

Month(Date)	OrderType	SalesOrder	BeginLoadTimestamp	EndLoadTimestamp	MinutesToLoad
May	SO	21169443	5/30/2018 8:55:37	5/30/2018 8:58:12	0.00
May	SO	21169414	5/30/2018 7:33:36	5/30/2018 7:33:37	0.00
May	SO	21169344	5/30/2018 2:18:39	5/30/2018 2:19:26	0.00
May	SO	21169342	5/29/2018 18:11:43	5/29/2018 18:11:56	0.00
May	SO	21169191	5/29/2018 12:07:49	5/29/2018 12:08:14	0.00
May	SO	21169175	5/29/2018 18:42:19	5/29/2018 18:42:19	0.00
May	SO	21169139	5/29/2018 16:08:04	5/29/2018 16:58:59	0.04
May	SO	21169123	5/29/2018 18:34:41	5/29/2018 21:38:01	0.13

Any ideas on how to get this work correctly?

Thanks.

Re: Timestamp interval problem

sunny_talwar — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:44:32 GMT

Try this

Interval(TimeStamp#(EndLoadTimestamp, 'M/D/YYYY h:mm:ss') - TimeStamp#(BeginLoadTimestamp, 'M/D/YYYY h:mm:ss'), 'm') as MinutesToLoad

Re: Timestamp interval problem

mikegrattan — Wed, 30 May 2018 20:45:17 GMT

Worked great. Thanks!

Re: Timestamp interval problem

richardm90 — Thu, 31 May 2018 13:32:30 GMT

Do you know how this can be done as an IF Statement, I basically need to convert the times in Minutes to particular phrases. I've tried.....

=If(Interval(TimeStamp#([End Time]) - TimeStamp#([Start Time]), 'm') = '90','Basic')

So I want any appointments that are 90 mins long to show as Basic.

The (Interval(TimeStamp#([End Time]) - TimeStamp#([Start Time]), 'm') formula works correctly and shows the length of each appointment in Min's but the if statement is blank.

Re: Timestamp interval problem

sunny_talwar — Thu, 31 May 2018 13:38:08 GMT

May be try this

=If(Interval(TimeStamp#([End Time]) - TimeStamp#([Start Time]), 'm') = MakeTime(1, 30), 'Basic')

Re: Timestamp interval problem

richardm90 — Thu, 31 May 2018 14:19:39 GMT

That works great, thank you!

Re: Timestamp interval problem

richardm90 — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:00:48 GMT

I cant seem to get this to work with any other time lengths?

I.e. I though 30 mins would be (0,30) or (30)

And 2 hours would be (2,00)

Re: Timestamp interval problem

sunny_talwar — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:21:54 GMT

It is... 30 Minutes = MakeTime(0, 30) and 2 hours is MakeTime(2)

Re: Timestamp interval problem

richardm90 — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:38:31 GMT

Both return blanks :/. Am I missing something here.

Re: Timestamp interval problem

sunny_talwar — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:40:51 GMT

I have no idea... may be share a sample

Re: Timestamp interval problem

richardm90 — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:47:54 GMT

Thanks again

Re: Timestamp interval problem

sunny_talwar — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:48:58 GMT

I can barely see the screenshot, let alone the expression you have used....

Re: Timestamp interval problem

richardm90 — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:51:50 GMT

Apologies....

Re: Timestamp interval problem

sunny_talwar — Thu, 31 May 2018 16:07:56 GMT

Might be because of rounding issues... try this

If(Expression > MakeTime(0, 29, 59) and Expression < MakeTime(0, 30, 1), 'Basic')

Re: Timestamp interval problem

richardm90 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:19:14 GMT

Perfect! Thank you very much