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Monitor a page whose URL contains the current date
If an URL contains a daily date, you can use a date variable that will be replaced with the real date when the bookmark is checked.
Example on an URL with a date variable:
| • | http://www.domain.com/file<$date$,'yyyy-mm-dd',0>.htm |
Resulting URL:
| • | http://www.domain.com/file2009-03-15.htm |
Usage
<$date$,format,DayDifference> <$date$,format,DayDifference,MonthNames> |
If the date format contains the variable 'mmm' or 'mmmm' for month names, WebSite-Watcher will automatically use English names. If you need localized month names, you can define them with the parameter MonthNames. You have to define exactly 12 names separated with a colon, for example jan:feb:mae:apr:mai:jun:jul:aug:sep:okt:nov:dez.
Date format
yy |
current year with 2 digits |
yyyy |
current year with 4 digits |
m |
current month with 1 or 2 digits, no leading zero (1-12) |
mm |
current month with 2 digits, leading zero (01-12) |
mmm |
name of current month, 3 characters (jan, feb...) |
mmmm |
full name of current month |
d |
current day with 1 or 2 digits, no leading zero (1-31) |
dd |
current day with 2 digits, leading zero (01-31) |
hh |
hours |
nn |
minutes |
ss |
seconds |
"xx" |
Characters enclosed in quotes are displayed as-is, and do not affect formatting. |
Day difference
The parameter DayDifference lets you add/subtract the specified number of days to/from the current date.
| • | 0 ... current date |
| • | 1 ... tomorrow |
| • | -1 ... yesterday |
| • | -2 ... the day before yesterday |
If you append the character "h", "m" or "s" to the parameter, then the value will added to hours, minutes or seconds.
| • | 1h ... plus one hour |
| • | -100m ... minus 100 minutes |
| • | 5s ... plus 5 seconds |
Examples:
http://www.domain.com/file<$date$,'yyyy-mm-dd',0>.htm http://www.domain.com/changes<$date$,'yy-mm',0>.txt http://www.domain.com/events-<$date$,'mmm-dd',1>.html http://www.domain.com/news_<$date$,'mmmmyyyy',0,jan:feb:mae:apr:mai:jun:jul:aug:sep:okt:nov:dez>.html |
