I would guess that you have to clear it first. Then set to today. Then subtract one.
-----Original Message----- From: Bwana McCall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 5:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: propertyfile task to calculate yesterday's date Hi all, I'm having trouble with the propertyfile task in that I'm trying to calculate yesterday's date. I've used the example within the docs and I have a situation where my entry key for yesterday continues to move 1 day in the past. For instance, I run ant with my build.xml and it updates my ${build_properties} entry key of yesterday: yesterday=08 Aug 2002 11\:20 The next time I run the file, it updates the entry again: yesterday=07 Aug 2002 11\:20 Subsequent runs will keep decreasing this date. How can I accomplish my task of storing yesterday relative to today upon each run? Here is my propertyfile entry <propertyfile file="${build_properties}" comment="Release build properties" > <entry key="tstamp" type="date" value="now" pattern="dd MMM yyyy hh:mm"/> <entry key="yesterday" type="date" pattern="dd MMM yyyy hh:mm" operation="-" value="1" /> </propertyfile> Thanks. ===== Bwana McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bwana.org YIM: bwanadotorg / AIM: bwanadotorg __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
