| Tag Link | [Date_Subtract] | Category | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Substitution | Source Available | No |
| Support | Preferred | Version | 3.0 |
| Change | Unchanged | Data Source | Any |
| Output Type | Date | Security | None |
| Implementation | LCAPI | Sets | Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0, Lasso 3.x |
[Date_Subtract] subtracts a specified number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds from a base date value. The first parameter should be a Lasso date data type or valid Lasso date string. Subsequent keyword/value parameters define what should be subtracted from the first parameter:
[Date_Subtract: (Date),
[Date_Subtract: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
| Required Parameters | |
|---|---|
| Base Date | The date data type or valid date string to be operated upon. |
| Optional Parameters | |
| -Second | The number of seconds to subtract from the date. |
| -Minute | The number of minutes to subtract from the date. |
| -Hour | The number of hours to subtract from the date. |
| -Day | The number of days to subtract from the date. |
| -Week | The number of weeks to subtract from the date. |
| -Month | Specifies the number of calendar months to subtract from the date. |
| -Year | Specifies the number of calendar years to subtract from the date. |
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To return the date of the same day a week ago:
Use the [Date_Subtract] tag to subtract one week from the current date. The following example outputs the date and time of the moment which is exactly seven days in the past.
<p>[Date_Subtract: (Date),
<p>9/6/2001 13:43:24