Format date and time for workdays

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Hi folks,
I’m currently looking for a solution for the following case.

I want to set a reminder for a call, so that an employee gets this reminder in his google calender 24 hours before the call starts.

For this I have to use the “date and time functions” and say “addHours(Call-Date; -24)”.

How can I make sure, that this function also takes into account the working days? In Germany, normal employees only work from monday-friday.

I want to avoid, that if the call-date is on monday, the employee gets the reminder on sunday. In This case, the reminder should be set to friday.

Can somebody help?

Thanks!

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Hi @m_m

Please try below formula and replace {{now}} with your actual variable
{{if(formatDate(addHours(now; -24); “MMMM”) = “Sunday”; addHours(now; -72); addHours(now; -24))}}

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Msquare Automation - Platinum Partner of Make
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Hi, thanks for your help. This formulare doesn’t work. Can you explain the formular for me briefly?

Edit:
replace “MMMM” with “dddd”

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Welcome to the Make community!

Yes, that is possible. You’ll need to use various built-in functions:

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e.g.: (paste this into the field and replace the mapped variables)

{{addDays(11.date; ifempty(switch(formatDate(11.date; "ddd"); "Sun"; -2; "Sat"; -1); 0))}}

This is just an example. Your final solution may or may not look like this depending on your requirements.

For more information, see Date Format links below.

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Demo

I have created a demo for you to try it out!

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Example Dates

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Output

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Module Export - quick import into your scenario

You can copy and paste this module export into your scenario. This will import the modules (with fields/settings/filters) shown in my screenshots above.

  1. Move your mouse over the line of code below. Copy the JSON by clicking the copy button on the right of the code, which looks like this:

  2. Enter your scenario editor. Press ESC to close any dialogs. Press CTRLV (the paste keyboard shortcut for Windows) to paste directly in the editor.

  3. Click on each imported module and re-save it for validation. There may be some errors prompting you to remap some variables and connections.

JSON module export below — paste this directly in your scenario editor

{"subflows":[{"flow":[{"id":184,"module":"util:SetVariables","version":1,"parameters":{},"mapper":{"variables":[{"name":"date_on_wednesday","value":"{{setDay(now; \"Wednesday\")}}"},{"name":"date_on_saturday","value":"{{setDay(now; \"Saturday\")}}"},{"name":"date_on_sunday","value":"{{setDay(now; \"Sunday\")}}"}],"scope":"roundtrip"},"metadata":{"designer":{"x":837,"y":265,"name":"Example Dates"}}},{"id":185,"module":"util:SetVariables","version":1,"parameters":{},"mapper":{"variables":[{"name":"new_wed_date","value":"{{addDays(184.date_on_wednesday; ifempty(switch(formatDate(184.date_on_wednesday; \"ddd\"); \"Sun\"; -2; \"Sat\"; -1); 0))}}"},{"name":"new_sat_date","value":"{{addDays(184.date_on_saturday; ifempty(switch(formatDate(184.date_on_saturday; \"ddd\"); \"Sun\"; -2; \"Sat\"; -1); 0))}}"},{"name":"new_sun_date","value":"{{addDays(184.date_on_sunday; ifempty(switch(formatDate(184.date_on_sunday; \"ddd\"); \"Sun\"; -2; \"Sat\"; -1); 0))}}"}],"scope":"roundtrip"},"metadata":{"designer":{"x":1082,"y":267,"name":"Avoid Weekends!"}}}]}],"metadata":{"version":1}}

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Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

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