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| ===== Mixing Functions and Tokens ===== | ===== Mixing Functions and Tokens ===== | ||
| - | You might expect [[token:ICUDateTimeFor|%ICUDateTimeFor%]] [[function:TIME|TIME(2017, 1, 1)]] `%EEE, MMM d, yyyy%` to yield `Sun, Jan 1, 2017`. However, it may yield `Sat, Dec 31, 2016`, depending on your local time zone. | + | You might expect “%[[token:ICUDateTimeFor|ICUDateTimeFor]]%[[function:TIME|TIME(2017, 1, 1)]]%EEE, MMM d, yyyy%” to yield `Sun, Jan 1, 2017`. However, it may yield `Sat, Dec 31, 2016`, depending on your local time zone. |
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| * It is best is to use [[function:TIME|TIME(Year, Month, Day, 12, 0, 0)]] which will give noon GMT time, and thus the same day in local time for pretty much everyone in the world (everyone with time zone differences strictly between -12 hours and +12 hours). | * It is best is to use [[function:TIME|TIME(Year, Month, Day, 12, 0, 0)]] which will give noon GMT time, and thus the same day in local time for pretty much everyone in the world (everyone with time zone differences strictly between -12 hours and +12 hours). | ||
| - | So, if you use [[token:ICUDateTimeFor|%ICUDateTimeFor%]] [[function:TIME|TIME(2017, 1, 1 , 12, 0, 0)]] `%EEE, MMM d, yyyy%` you will now get the expected result of `Sun, Jan 1, 2017` | + | So, if you use “%[[token:ICUDateTimeFor|ICUDateTimeFor]]%[[function:TIME|TIME(2017, 1, 1 , 12, 0, 0)]]%EEE, MMM d, yyyy%” you will now get the expected result of `Sun, Jan 1, 2017` |
| ===== Discussion on Keyboard Maestro Forum ===== | ===== Discussion on Keyboard Maestro Forum ===== | ||
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