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12 years 6 months ago #106607 by user38606_d
add current month to var to re-use in multiple questions was created by user38606_d
Hello LimeSurvey-Super Heroes!

I have been searching the forum for an answer as I was sure I couldn't be the only with this particular question. However, I have not been able to find the answer.

I want to display the current month in the text of multiple questions.
Just the month. Nothing more, nothing less.
Furthermore I would like to be able to display the 3rd month prior to the current month (example, the current month is March so I would like to be able to display January.)

Is there no simple way like in php to display the current month?

Cheers,

Leonie
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12 years 6 months ago - 12 years 6 months ago #106612 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic add current month to var to re-use in multiple questions
Expression manager - www.limesurvey.org/manual/Expression_Manager .

Current month:
Code:
{date('F')}

Your example (March --> January) is actually the second previous month, not the third:
Code:
{date('F', strtotime("-2 months"))}


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Cheers,
Tony Partner
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Last edit: 12 years 6 months ago by tpartner.
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12 years 6 months ago #106615 by user38606_d
Replied by user38606_d on topic add current month to var to re-use in multiple questions
Hi tpartner,

thank you for your reply. And you are indeed right, 3 months would make it December ;)

The {date('F')} works! I figured it would relay it back to me in the language the survey is set to, but this does not seem to be the case. How do I get it to display the month in Dutch, rather than English?

We have version 2.00+ (build 130526) and it does not seem to recognize the strtotime part of the code. It is outlined in red and says the function is unknown when I hover over it.

Is this perhaps a feature from a newer build?

Thnx again for responding to my request!
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12 years 6 months ago #106622 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic add current month to var to re-use in multiple questions
Ah, sorry, I assumed you are using 2.05.

It's a bit ugly but you can use nested IF() statements to handle the localization. Something like this (remove the line-breaks that I have added for clarity):
Code:
{if(date('F') == 'January', 'januari', if(date('F') == 'February', 'februari', if(date('F') == 'March', 'maart', if(date('F') == 'April', 'april', if(date('F') == 'May', 'mei', if(date('F') == 'June', 'juni', if(date('F') == 'July', 'juli', if(date('F') == 'August', 'augustus', if(date('F') == 'September', 'september', if(date('F') == 'October', 'oktober', if(date('F') == 'November', 'november', if(date('F') == 'December', 'december', ''))))))))))))}


And something similar for the previous months:
Code:
{if(date('F') == 'January', 'november', if(date('F') == 'February', 'december', if(date('F') == 'March', 'januari', if(date('F') == 'April', 'februari', if(date('F') == 'May', 'maart', if(date('F') == 'June', 'april', if(date('F') == 'July', 'mei', if(date('F') == 'August', 'juni', if(date('F') == 'September', 'juli', if(date('F') == 'October', 'augustus', if(date('F') == 'November', 'september', if(date('F') == 'December', 'oktober', ''))))))))))))}
Cheers,
Tony Partner
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12 years 6 months ago #106623 by user38606_d
Replied by user38606_d on topic add current month to var to re-use in multiple questions
Thank you so much!

I hope we will upgrade to 2.05 soon haha ;)

In the meantime I will use this solution.

Have a great day and thanks again!
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