Define the System Collections (eg. when is "last week")

Started by PandDLong, March 11, 2024, 07:50:56 AM

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PandDLong


The system collections are useful but I have gotten myself confused when files I expect to see are not listed (and vice-versa).

I think my idea of of the terms "this week", "last week", "last month", etc don't match what is actually coded to create these system collections.  For instance, I would have thought "yesterday" is part of "this week" but it isn't (or at least not always).

Adding the definition of these terms to the help would be good.


Michael

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sinus

From my point of view was "yesterday" sunday and this is for me last week. 
Here in Switzerland starts the week with Monday, but I know, that for some countries a week starts with sunday. 

Best wishes from Switzerland! :-)
Markus

PandDLong

My specific example was where I had no updates last week but hundreds yesterday.  I must have thought when I setup categories for 'Today', 'Last Week' and 'Last Month' I would everything relatively current covered (but I didn't) - even adding 'Yesterday' may not work depending on how 'Last Week' is defined.

So my questions would be:

1. Is a week the 7 days starting on a particular day (as per Sinus's comment - what day is that - Sunday or Monday would be two common choices) as opposed to 'last week' meaning the last 7 days (which is a phrase I have heard and used).

2. Is month the calendar month or the previous 30 days?  If calendar month then are the last 3 months Dec, Jan & Feb?  or does it include the current month meaning it is Jan, Feb, & March?


Language and phrases can be such a pain in an international group.  Sometimes extra details are useful.

Just don't introduce 'fortnight' and don't use AI to introduce "next week" .    :)


Michael

Mario

Your subject line is Collections. Now you say you setup categories. How?
The Collections use actual time. Today starts at 00:00 and ends at 23:59:59. For this week, IMatch goes back 7 days etc. This does not use any local calendars or anything. The collections are just for a quick overview of photos indexed today, a day ago, within the past week etc. I have not looked at this since IMatch 5, except for an occasional bug fix, I believe.
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PandDLong

Mario,

Just as in the default setup for iMatch, I have a number of categories which are based upon Collections ie. for a category called 'Files Updated Last Week' the formula is "@Collection[Updated|LastWeek]".

I think it would be helpful to include in the documentation how these terms are coded.  

For "This WeeK" - is it the past 7 days or is it the days since the most recent Sunday (or Monday)?

Not a big deal, especially if the information is not close at hand.  

Michael




Mario

Week = Past 7 days.
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