Date Object doesn't persist

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1

Hi,

I'm trying to persist a date object, the GlobalVars script shows that is has persisted, but it doesn't survive a restart. Could you point to what I'm doing wrong.

var obj = DOpus.create;
try {
    var prev_eta = DOpus.vars.get("ETA");
} catch(err) {
    var prev_eta = obj.Date('9999-12-31 23:59:59');
	DOpus.vars.set("ETA", prev_eta);
	DOpus.vars("ETA").persist = true;
}

Also, I thought to convert it toString() but that method also doesn't work.

2

We'll add support for saving Opus's Date objects in the future.

At the moment, it only works with the scripting language's native date format (VT_DATE).

You can convert an Opus date into a JScript date like this:

var opusDate = DOpus.Create.Date('9999-12-17 23:59:59');
var jsDate = new Date(opusDate);

If you need to convert the other way:

var jsDate = new Date();
var opusDate = DOpus.Create.Date(jsDate);
3

Thanks Leo. This helps. I convert this to a string before saving and load it back to a date.

4

You can persist a JScript Date as-is without converting to/from a string, FWIW.