Timesheet help

Question

Hi All

I'm trying to create an auto calculated timesheet and I got it to work if the input time starts and end on the same day using this code:

var start = this.getField("Start Time").value;
var startArr = start.split(":");
var finish = this.getField("Stop Time").value;
var finishArr = finish.split(":");
var hourDiff = Math.abs(finishArr[0] - startArr[0]);
var minDiff = Math.floor((Math.abs(finishArr[1] - startArr[1]) / 60)*100);

if (minDiff.toString().length == 1)
minDiff = '0' + minDiff;

var output = hourDiff + "." + minDiff;
event.value = output;

I ran into a problem where if the Stop Time happens the next day (or 3 days later, etc) how do I go about calculating that?

try67 · Accepted Answer

You could use the util.scand method to convert the values into Date objects. Then use the getTime method of each one of those objects to get a representation of that time as a number. Deduce the Stop Time number from the Start Time number and you got your results (in milliseconds). Then convert it to hours and you're done.

try67 · Answer

The script has no way of knowing if the time elapsed between 8:00 and 9:00 is one hour, 25 hours, 49 hours, etc., unless you also specify the full date for each time.

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