lua time is interpreted in an odd way in this skin no 0 on AM hours = nope? [solved]

[CodeCode]

Hello, I and some others are modifying the ical google calendar skin. They managed to get the time to mostly correctly display.

I have found that the 0's in the am hours and the difference between am and pm seem to be confused.

I have posted the skin for reference but the line looks like this:

Queue['Item'..i..'Time'] = Item.Date and os.date('%I:%M -', Item.Date) or ''

The %#I:%M crashes rainmeter...

Google Calendar ical_xx.xx.zip

[balala]

I have found that the 0's in the am hours and the difference between am and pm seem to be confused.

It does work well for me. The times shown as 00:00 with the %H:%M format, is shown as 12:00 - AM if I switch to the %I:%M - %p format.

The %#I:%M crashes rainmeter...

Note that the # parameter is not valid in lua. It is in Rainmeter, however in lua it isn't, so you can't use it. That's why Rainmeter crashes...

[jsmorley]

Correct. To duplicate the functionality of the # character in Lua, you would use string.gsub() to remove the leading 0:

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function Update()

someTime = string.gsub(os.date('%I:%M:%S', 1603005001),'^0','')
print(someTime)

end

string.gsub() can support two forms:

newString = string.gsub(oldString, regular expression search pattern, replacement)
newString = oldString:gsub(regular expression search pattern, replacement)

So this would also work, no real advantage either way, your preference... I kinda prefer this:

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function Update()

someTime = os.date('%I:%M:%S', 1603005001):gsub('^0','')
print(someTime)

end

http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringLibraryTutorial

[balala]

string.gsub() can support two forms:

newString = string.gsub(oldString, regular expression search pattern, replacement)
newString = oldString:gsub(regular expression search pattern, replacement)

As most (or hope I'm not wrong if I say all) functions in lua.

[jsmorley]

As most (or hope I'm not wrong if I say all) functions in lua.

Yes, as long as we are talking about a "method" in a "library". I mostly see / use it with the string, math and table libraries.

[balala]

Yes, as long as we are talking about a "method" in a "library". I mostly see / use it with the string, math and table libraries.

Well, I don't know too much in lua, just what have I gathered while I was using it with Rainmeter, so it was just an observation, based on my experience.

[CodeCode]

Ok, so sometimes the time is coming out 2 hours too early in the rainmeter skin from what is in my calendar. But not always.

Correct. To duplicate the functionality of the # character in Lua, you would use string.gsub to remove the leading 0:

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function Update()

someTime = string.gsub(os.date('%I:%M:%S', 1603005001),'^0','')
print(someTime)

end

string.gsub() can support two forms:

newString = string.gsub(oldString, regular expression search pattern, replacement)
newString = oldString:gsub(regular expression search pattern, replacement)

So this would also work, no real advantage either way, your preference... I kinda prefer this:

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function Update()

someTime = os.date('%I:%M:%S', 1603005001):gsub('^0','')
print(someTime)

end

http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringLibraryTutorial

Where would that go in this line:

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Queue['Item'..i..'Time'] = Item.Date and os.date('%I:%M -', Item.Date) or ''

[jsmorley]

Where would that go in this line:

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Queue['Item'..i..'Time'] = Item.Date and os.date('%I:%M -', Item.Date) or ''

Queue['Item'..i..'Time'] = Item.Date and os.date('%I:%M -', Item.Date):gsub('^0','') or ''

[CodeCode]

Queue['Item'..i..'Time'] = Item.Date and os.date('%I:%M -', Item.Date):gsub('^0','') or ''

Thanks jsmorley, that fixed my issue as posted.
Strange, I saw this solution somewhere else, and I tried it, but it did not work - however now it does... hmph.

[CodeCode]

There remains the additional issue though.

Some of my calendar appointments are still coming out 2 hours earlier than they should.

The calendar even says 7 am - 8 am but is showing as 5am to 6 am. Even after deleting the event and re-entering it.