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    Current date to device string

    I would like to get the current date into a device string. The HS replacement variable $date has the info, but I am not sure how to get into device.

    &hs.setdevicesting(891,"Today is $date"),true - throws an error
    Larry

    #2
    try setdevicestring not setdevicesting

    Edit:

    Notice your parentheses arent right

    hs.setdevicesting(891,"Today is $date",true)

    But this doesnt seem to put the replacement variable in the string.
    Last edited by prsmith777; December 13, 2017, 03:22 PM.

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      #3
      thanks for catching my typos. It does not look like I can set a device to from a replacement variable.

      Running script(1) &hs.setdevicestring(891,$date),true, init error: Invalid character
      Larry

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        #4
        Yeah I think you're right. You could use :


        hs.setdevicesting(891,"Today is " & now() ,true) but you probably wouldn't want that format.

        Looks like you're going to have to use a script to get it to work.

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          #5
          You can use:

          hs.setdevicestring(891,"Today is " & hs.replacevariables("$date"),true)
          Jon

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            #6
            It seems unnecessary to do a script for such a thing, but did it anyway:
            d=Now()
            d2=Format(d,"dddd, MMMM-d-yyyy")
            hs.writelog ("date info",d2)
            hs.setdevicestring(891,d2,true)

            Thanks Jon for your input.
            Larry

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              #7
              I use script, but one liner:

              Code:
              &nhs.SetDeviceStringByName("Time", now.ToString("HH:mm"), True) &
              hs.SetDeviceStringByName("Date", now.ToString("ddd. MMM  dd"), True)
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