Subj : user.adjust_minutes -- Not working..?
To   : Noisome Poison
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jun 17 2009 10:22 pm

  Re: user.adjust_minutes -- Not working..?
  By: Noisome Poison to All on Wed Jun 17 2009 11:23 pm

 > Hey there, I have a basic script, when run it just runs:
 >
 > // Begin program
 > load("sbbsdefs.js");
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(-5)
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(5)
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(-5)
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(-5)
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > //End Program
 >
 > The time is not adjusted by a negative 5 minutes the first time.  The
 > second adjustment is a postive 5 minutes, which works.  The third
 > adjustment, a negative 5 minutes works.  The fourth adjustment, another
 > negative 5 minutes does not adjust the time.
 >
 > It seems only a positive adjustment works then a negative adjustment.
 >
 > //Begin Second program
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(5);
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(-6);
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(7);
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(-20);
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > user.adjust_minutes(9);
 > console.writeln(bbs.get_time_left());
 > console.writeln(user.get_time_left());
 > //End second program
 >
 > Then I did 5 adjustments in this order: 5, -6, 7, -20, 9
 > The following results were, starting with seconds at 862: 1162, 802, 1222,
 > 322, 862
 >
 > This is a bit odd since it should not begin and end with the same time
 > left, +21 minutes, -26 minutes.  I even went +21 mins, -31 mins with the
 > same seconds count at the beginning and end.
 >
 > Am I running something wrong?

I'm not really sure what you're trying to do.

The user.get_time_left() function requires an argument which indicates the
start time (e.g. login time) to base the time-left calculation on. If the user
represented by the 'user' object when this script is run has the 'T' exemption,
then the user.get_time_left() return value is never going to change and the
start-time argument value (if supplied) is irrelevant. You need to make sure
the account doesn't have the 'T' exemption if you actually want the
user.adjust_minutes() call to have an effect.

The bbs.get_time_left() return value will also not change if the current user
has the 'T' exemption.

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