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[Date/Time] Compare Dates with Formatting API on Daily schedule from Schedule API

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Getting Started

This integration creates a workflow with a Schedule trigger and Formatting action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Select this integration
  2. Configure the Daily schedule trigger
    1. Connect your Schedule account
    2. Configure Cron Schedule
  3. Configure the [Date/Time] Compare Dates action
    1. Connect your Formatting account
    2. Configure Start Date
    3. Optional- Select a Input Format
    4. Configure End Date
  4. Deploy the workflow
  5. Send a test event to validate your setup
  6. Turn on the trigger

Details

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger

Description:Trigger your workflow every day.
Version:0.0.1
Key:schedule-daily

Schedule Overview

With Schedule - A trigger provided by Pipedream - You can easily build
automated workflows that run on regular times or intervals. Some examples of
things that you can build using the Schedule API include:

  • Automated data retrieval from a third-party service, like pulling stats from
    your Salesforce account on a set schedule.
  • Uploading new data sets to a database with a predetermined interval.
  • Automatic emails to customers or leads at a certain time of the day.
  • Automating data analysis based on a set schedule.
  • Automatically optimizing social media postings according to a specified
    timeline.
  • Updating webpages at a certain interval with newly available content.
  • Re-running reports on a periodic basis.
  • Refreshing a cache of data at a given frequency.

Trigger Code

import schedule from "../../schedule.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Daily schedule",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "schedule-daily",
  type: "source",
  description: "Trigger your workflow every day.",
  props: {
    schedule,
    cron: {
      propDefinition: [
        schedule,
        "cron",
      ],
      default: {
        cron: "0 11 * * *",
      },
    },
  },
};

Trigger Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
SchedulescheduleappThis component uses the Schedule app.
Cron Schedulecron$.interface.timer

Enter a cron expression

Trigger Authentication

The Schedule API does not require authentication.

About Schedule

Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.

Action

Description:Get the duration between two dates in days, hours, minutes, and seconds along with checking if they are the same.
Version:0.0.2
Key:formatting-compare-dates

Action Code

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import commonDateTime from "../../common/date-time/commonDateTime.mjs";
import app from "../../app/formatting.app.mjs";
import { DATE_TIME_UNITS } from "../../common/date-time/dateTimeUnits.mjs";
export default defineAction({
    ...commonDateTime,
    name: "[Date/Time] Compare Dates",
    description: "Get the duration between two dates in days, hours, minutes, and seconds along with checking if they are the same.",
    key: "formatting-compare-dates",
    version: "0.0.2",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        ...commonDateTime.props,
        inputDate: {
            propDefinition: [
                app,
                "inputDate",
            ],
            label: "Start Date",
            description: "Enter start date string, in the format defined in `Input Format`. If the start date is after the end date, these dates will be swapped and in the output `datesSwapped` will be set to `true`.",
        },
        endDate: {
            propDefinition: [
                app,
                "inputDate",
            ],
            label: "End Date",
            description: "Enter end date string, in the format defined in `Input Format`. Timezone is assumed the same for both dates if not explicitly set.",
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const startDateObj = this.getDateFromInput(this.inputDate);
        const endDateObj = this.getDateFromInput(this.endDate);
        const startValue = startDateObj.valueOf();
        const endValue = endDateObj.valueOf();
        const datesSwapped = startValue > endValue;
        let result = "equal";
        let remainingValue = Math.abs(endValue - startValue);
        if (remainingValue) {
            const arrResults = [];
            const arrUnits = Object.entries(DATE_TIME_UNITS).sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1]);
            for (const [word, unit,] of arrUnits) {
                const amount = Math.floor(remainingValue / unit);
                if (amount) {
                    arrResults.push(`${amount} ${amount === 1
                        ? word
                        : `${word}s`}`);
                    remainingValue %= unit;
                    if (!remainingValue)
                        break;
                }
            }
            result = arrResults.join(", ");
        }
        $.export("$summary", "Successfully compared dates");
        return {
            datesSwapped,
            result,
        };
    },
});

Action Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

LabelPropTypeDescription
FormattingappappThis component uses the Formatting app.
Start DateinputDatestring

Enter start date string, in the format defined in Input Format. If the start date is after the end date, these dates will be swapped and in the output datesSwapped will be set to true.

Input FormatinputFormatstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 -0000 2006", "value": "ddd MMM DD HH:mm:ss Z YYYY" }{ "label": "January 22 2006 23:04:05", "value": "MMMM DD YYYY HH:mm:ss" }{ "label": "January 22 2006", "value": "MMMM DD YYYY" }{ "label": "Jan 22 2006", "value": "MMM DD YYYY" }{ "label": "2006-01-22T23:04:05-0000", "value": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ" }{ "label": "2006-01-22 23:04:05 -0000", "value": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss Z" }{ "label": "2006-01-22 23:04", "value": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm" }{ "label": "2006-01-22", "value": "YYYY-MM-DD" }{ "label": "01-22-2006", "value": "MM-DD-YYYY" }{ "label": "01/22/2006", "value": "MM/DD/YYYY" }{ "label": "01/22/06", "value": "MM/DD/YY" }{ "label": "22-01-2006", "value": "DD-MM-YYYY" }{ "label": "22/01/2006", "value": "DD/MM/YYYY" }{ "label": "22/01/06", "value": "DD/MM/YY" }{ "label": "1137971045", "value": "Unix time (seconds)" }{ "label": "1137971045000", "value": "Unix time (milliseconds)" }
End DateendDatestring

Enter end date string, in the format defined in Input Format. Timezone is assumed the same for both dates if not explicitly set.

Action Authentication

The Formatting API does not require authentication.

About Formatting

Pre-built actions to make formatting and manipulating data within your workflows easier.

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