Currently we have several types of repeats. In particular we have repeat date.
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repeat date YMD 20090331 20121212 1 # <start> <end> <increment> |
This allows loop over a set of dates using start/end and an increment in days.
Additionally this repeat can take part in a trigger, where the sub-expression can use date arithmetic:
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trigger /suite/family:YMD + 1 > 20100101 # Here the sub expression ( /suite/family:YMD + 1) will use date arithmetic |
However there can be occasions where we want an arbitrary list of dates. Currently the only way to implement this is with repeat enumerated.
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repeat enumerated VARIABLE 20130101 20130102 20130103 |
However this repeat can be any list of integers or even strings, and thus the trigger arithmetic does NOT use date arithmetic.
This is where we have added a new repeat. datelist.
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repeat datelist YMD 20130101 20130102 20130103 20200101 20190101 |
A repeat datelist is a list of arbitrary dates, using YYYYMMDD format. It will use the same date arithmetic as a repeat date.