Instead of using {@LONGDATE} or {@SHORTDATE} you can also use the {@INPUTTCL} command to display relative dates in your Shorthand code.
Here is the Shorthand code to display yesterday's date in "month day, year" format:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "yesterday"] -format "%B %d, %Y" }
Just cut and paste the above two lines to your Shorthand long form.
The code to print today's date in "month day, year" format is:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "today"] -format "%B %d, %Y" }
2 days ago in "month day, year" format would be:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "2 days ago"] -format "%B %d, %Y" }
3 weeks from now in "month day, year" format would be:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "next 3 weeks"] -format "%B %d, %Y" }
To output dates in the "month/day/year" format:
The code to print yesterday's date in "month/day/year" format is:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "yesterday"] -format "%m/%d/%Y" }
The code to print today's date in "month/day/year" format is:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "today"] -format "%m/%d/%Y" }
2 days ago in "month/day/year" format would be:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "2 days ago"] -format "%m/%d/%Y" }
3 weeks from now in "month/day/year" format would be:
{@INPUTTCL
clock format [clock scan "next 3 weeks"] -format "%m/%d/%Y" }
Author: OfficeSoft LLC http://pcshorthand.com
Created on October 21, 2010 using Google Docs
Last Updated on October 21, 2010