Need Help Understanding A Script I Found

[Mulsiphix]

I came across a script today and am trying to understand one small part. How does it understand what constitutes a single day's time? I assume it is this line, but I can't find "days" anywhere in the AHK docs and I don't see anywhere in the script where it is given a value.

The Line I Think Defines A "Day"

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DaysSinceLastRun -= %LastRun%, days

Entire Script

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IniRead, LastRun, Settings.INI, %A_ScriptName%, LastRun, 0
If !LastRun
 {
  LastRun := A_Now
  IniWrite, %LastRun%, Settings.INI, %A_ScriptName%, LastRun
 }

DaysSinceLastRun := A_Now
DaysSinceLastRun -= %LastRun%, days

If ( DaysSinceLastRun = 0 )
   ExitApp
Else
  IniWrite, %A_Now%, Settings.INI, %A_ScriptName%, LastRun

[Leli196]

It is a built in command. Look here: https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/EnvAdd.htm
I use this to calculate with time. If you have e.g. the current date in YYYYMMDDHH24MISS format in the var current_date you can simply use += to add or subtract seconds, minutes, hours or days. In this context it is worth mentioning that -= does not support this. You need to write e.g. += -5, hours.


Greetings Leli196

[Mulsiphix]

It is a built in command. Look here: https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/EnvAdd.htm

I saw a link to that in the Variables section. Oooh I was so darn close . Thank you very much Leli196!

I use this to calculate with time. If you have e.g. the current date in YYYYMMDDHH24MISS format in the var current_date you can simply use += to add or subtract seconds, minutes, hours or days. In this context it is worth mentioning that -= does not support this. You need to write e.g. += -5, hours.

Awesome. I played around with the setting in seconds and my script is working perfectly now. Thank you so much!!