Date time = 7minutes %&*)^&

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Ok, i go nuts...
I cannot get it working with all examples that i can find on google so i hope some one here knows the magic...

I have the date and time with the function below, but i want to add 7 minutes to it, and if it goes above 60 minutes it needs to go to the next hour and so on.

    var currentdate = new Date() + 60000; 
    var t2 = "Datum : " + new Date().today() + " - " + new Date().timeNow();

But i have the idea that timeNow makes it more difficult because i don't see that in all the examples

Thanks for your help :wink:

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Its fun when you can't quite get things working.

Quick question: What is the + 60000 at the end of the first line?

(7 minutes isn't 60000 (anything))

What are you using to do this trick? Just maths or are you using other nodes?

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// Get current time as millisecs since epoch
var now = Date.now();

// Add 7 minutes (in millisecs)
// (Edited because I got my maths wrong)
var then = now + 7*60*1000;

// Get Date object for 7 mins from now
var thenDate = new Date(then);
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This is a flow I just made (nothing against @knolleary) and though it uses the moment node, is ok.

[{"id":"7f497037.b6a308","type":"inject","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":120,"y":340,"wires":[["715d141b.5acfd4","24d55edb.5f1792","5f87a73b.0cee58"]]},{"id":"5f87a73b.0cee58","type":"function","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","func":"//  7 Minutes:  = 420 seconds\n//              = 420,000 milliseconds\n\nlet x = msg.payload;\nlet y = x + 420000;\nmsg.payload = y;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":300,"y":380,"wires":[["2d62af02.39668"]]},{"id":"24d55edb.5f1792","type":"moment","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","topic":"","input":"","inputType":"msg","inTz":"","adjAmount":0,"adjType":"days","adjDir":"add","format":"","locale":"","output":"","outputType":"msg","outTz":"","x":490,"y":340,"wires":[["7a8932e6.53e174"]]},{"id":"2d62af02.39668","type":"moment","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","topic":"","input":"","inputType":"msg","inTz":"","adjAmount":0,"adjType":"days","adjDir":"add","format":"","locale":"","output":"","outputType":"msg","outTz":"","x":490,"y":380,"wires":[["d4b5e8b9.1aeb58"]]},{"id":"7a8932e6.53e174","type":"debug","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"NOW","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":690,"y":340,"wires":[]},{"id":"d4b5e8b9.1aeb58","type":"debug","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"Future","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":690,"y":380,"wires":[]}]
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Nick, sorry, but I am missing how that works.

I see now no problems and I can see how you get the then as it is pretty much what I did in my function node.

But the last line.....

I don't get it. Would you mind explaining how it works?

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When you want a new Date object, you do:

var d = new Date()

This gives you a Date object that represents the time at the moment you called it.

However the Date constructor function can also be passed an argument. If that argument is a number, it is treated as a value of milliseconds since epoch (Jan 1st, 1970 for historic reasons) and the resulting Date object will represent that point in time instead of now.

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Yeah, ok.... But.... Sorry.

If you load my flow, it works. No offence.

I saw yours and am not sure what the end user variable is.

Is it thenDate?

I tried that in my flow and it doesn't add the 7 minutes.

This is a screen show of the flow (first)
I'm saving electrons with the dark theme. :wink:

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and this is the code.....

[{"id":"5f87a73b.0cee58","type":"function","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","func":"//  7 Minutes:  = 420 seconds\n//              = 420,000 milliseconds\n\nlet x = msg.payload;\nlet y = x + 420000;\nmsg.payload = y;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":300,"y":380,"wires":[["2d62af02.39668"]]},{"id":"7f497037.b6a308","type":"inject","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":120,"y":340,"wires":[["715d141b.5acfd4","24d55edb.5f1792","5f87a73b.0cee58","4b3cf3a3.11aae4"]]},{"id":"2d62af02.39668","type":"moment","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","topic":"","input":"","inputType":"msg","inTz":"","adjAmount":0,"adjType":"days","adjDir":"add","format":"","locale":"","output":"","outputType":"msg","outTz":"","x":490,"y":380,"wires":[["d4b5e8b9.1aeb58"]]},{"id":"24d55edb.5f1792","type":"moment","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","topic":"","input":"","inputType":"msg","inTz":"","adjAmount":0,"adjType":"days","adjDir":"add","format":"","locale":"","output":"","outputType":"msg","outTz":"","x":490,"y":340,"wires":[["7a8932e6.53e174"]]},{"id":"4b3cf3a3.11aae4","type":"function","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","func":"// Get current time as millisecs since epoch\nvar now = Date.now();\n\n// Add 7 minutes (in millisecs)\nvar then = now + 7*60*60*1000;\n\n// Get Date object for 7 mins from now\nvar thenDate = new Date(then);\n\nmsg.payload = then;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":310,"y":450,"wires":[["620ce857.0e48c"]]},{"id":"d4b5e8b9.1aeb58","type":"debug","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"Future","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":690,"y":380,"wires":[]},{"id":"7a8932e6.53e174","type":"debug","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"NOW","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":690,"y":340,"wires":[]},{"id":"620ce857.0e48c","type":"moment","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"","topic":"","input":"","inputType":"msg","inTz":"","adjAmount":0,"adjType":"days","adjDir":"add","format":"","locale":"","output":"","outputType":"msg","outTz":"","x":490,"y":450,"wires":[["ad2ee59.4548118"]]},{"id":"ad2ee59.4548118","type":"debug","z":"b9924a74.4d98f8","name":"Future 2","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":700,"y":450,"wires":[]}]

It isn't I want to hi-jack the thread, but I am not getting why it isn't adding the 7 minutes when I put in your but of code rather than mine.

The outputs are "now"
the second debug is my code
the third debug is with your code.

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The Date.now() method returns the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.

So if you add 60*1000 you add 1 minute.

If you add 7*60*1000* you add 7 mins.

The rest is as nick said

Edit corrected math

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I'm not in a position to import a flow to look at it.

The code I provided wasn't a full and complete Function node example. It just showed the principle of how to get a Date object that represents 7 mins from now.

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I got the maths wrong.

60*1000 is 1 minute in millisecs

So 7 mins is 7*60*1000.

Have edited my original reply.

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No worries.

I basically did what you did. I added it to the now timestamp. (From the inject node)
I added 420,000 (7 minutes) and put it through the moment node to make it human readable.

I see a + 7 minute addition to the now time - and it is/was good that it was 59 minutes when posting as it shows the carry over working - and I see the expected (correct) future time.

Using your code and using the then variable from your code, I send that into the moment node and get the time now, not in 7 minutes time.

No problems. I'm stupid. I get that. I was just not understanding how to use the last line in the code you posted and which is the one you ultimately use.

Yes, I know I have kind of contradicted myself in the names I use/d in the code.

Originally I thought it is/was: thenDate and used then in the code. But I'm guessing thenDate is formatted? and then is just the time stamp of the future time.

So long as @RogierQ gets it.

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That's ok about the maths being wrong, but if you look at the screen shot, you can see the time isn't changed from the original input value.

Again, I probably also made a mistake in what I did in the function node, but for the sake of clarity this is what I have in the second function node:

Ah! Yeah. Ok. The hours went crazy. I wasn't looking that much at that part.

My apologies.
(It happens)

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Thanks @knolleary!

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I see this still hasn't been resolved (solved)

Thinking from another angle:

You want something to happen in 7 minutes time. (Nominal value)

There is an event to trigger this whole thing happening.
Why not just use a delay node?

Set it for 7 minutes delay.

The signal is received.
It is delayed 7 minutes and sends on the signal.
This can then be used to trigger the things you want to be done being done.

Just another way of looking at the question.

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