Setting the timeline start and end times for a prototype

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Hi,

I’m trying to set up a prototype for a “daily” container, which should show notes sorted by created time, within an interval corresponding to the day.

(this worked very well on an ad-hoc basis, so I’m trying to move the logic into a prototype now)

I tried to set the $TimelineStart and $TimelineEnd attributes for the container in the prototype, but … maybe I’m getting the string interpolation wrong?

Currently I’m trying something like this, for the timeline start:

$Created.format("l") + "00:01"

Any hints or suggestions here are much appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Agam

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What are you expecting to see? E.g., what is the current value of $Created and what string do you want that to be converted to?

Could you post here an attached sample .tbx file for what you are trying to accomplish.

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If you want $TimelineStart to be $Created date but set to time 00:01 on that day:

$TimelineStart = $Created;
$TimelineStart = time($TimelineStart,00,01);
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I can try to create a dummy .tbx file showing a stripped down version, but essentially, something like this:

  • I create a ‘daily log’ container from a prototype
  • When I view this in timeline mode, I want the start and end to be set to the start and end of that day
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Thanks Mark, this sounds exactly like what I need, where would I place this snippet of code ?

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Aha! I added it into the Rule for the prototype, and it worked!

Thank you!

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Good. By all means follow up if still stuck. :slight_smile:

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