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Assessing whether a year is in the past or future (all 4)

11:50am Fri 19th Apr, Alexandra H.

Hi Michael, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to compare years to determine past/future tense in the output. Is it okay to hard code the present year to use for comparison, or should we use something like the existing 'date' command from Bash? Thanks, Alexandra

Assessing whether a year is in the past or future (all 4)

2:19pm Fri 19th Apr, Michael W.

"Alexandra Harrison" <22*8*0*6@s*u*e*t*u*a*e*u*a*> wrote:

> Hi Michael, > > I'm just trying to figure out the best way to compare years to determine past/future tense in the output. > Is it okay to hard code the present year to use for comparison, or should we use something like the existing 'date' command from Bash? > > Thanks, Alexandra

Assessing whether a year is in the past or future (all 4)

2:22pm Fri 19th Apr, Michael W.

"Alexandra Harrison" <22*8*0*6@s*u*e*t*u*a*e*u*a*> wrote:

Hi Alexandra, Given the actual range of survey dates, and the fact that we are coding this now, I took the pragmatic view that 2022 (and earlier) is past, while 2025+ is future. Still, nice idea. Cheers MichaelW 👨‍🎨

Assessing whether a year is in the past or future (all 4)

9:13am Sun 21st Apr, Alexandra H.

Thanks for that, appreciate the pragmatism :)

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