Date parameter default

[sandy.s]

I would like to have today's date as a starting point, so I chose 'today' as property value. It seemed to work first, but when I ran the dashboard the next day, it started from the yesterday's date. How can I fix this? Thanks.

[pmalves]

In case you're using cde, there's a property that sets exactly that. It has advantages compared to using javascript to set the default date if you're on a multi timezone environment

[sandy.s]

In case you're using cde, there's a property that sets exactly that. It has advantages compared to using javascript to set the default date if you're on a multi timezone environment

Yeah, I use CDE (some recent snapshot from github after R3). And than I run .wcdf the next day, it loads yesterday's date.

[pmalves]

Need to look into that. Is the server date in the same timezone of the client?

[sandy.s]

Need to look into that. Is the server date in the same timezone of the client?

Yes.

[sandy.s]

is there a workaround I can use in the meantime? some kind of javascript, which would work only once at start time...

[ggy]

erm yes.. the following javascript code will give you the date which is set on the client side computer

var todaysDate = currentDate();

function currentDate(){
        var currentTime = new Date();
        var day = currentTime.getDate();
        var month = currentTime.getMonth()+1;
        var year = currentTime.getFullYear();
        return(year+"-"+month+"-"+day);
}

Google is your friend!

[sandy.s]

erm yes.. the following javascript code will give you the date which is set on the client side computer
Google is your friend!

This is trivial. The real question was (I am guilty for not stating it clearly enough): where in this particular system do I put such code so that it sets my default date once and does not interfere with users choice of dates later.

[sandy.s]

So how does everyone solve this problem? It must be a very common task: set up a dashboard in such a way that when you load it, dates default to the current date.

[sandy.s]

Need to look into that.

Did you have a chance yet? Thanks.