Subj : Re: user.adjust_minutes -- Not working..?
To   : Noisome Poison
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jun 19 2009 02:20 pm

  Re: Re: user.adjust_minutes -- Not working..?
  By: Noisome Poison to Digital Man on Fri Jun 19 2009 01:52 pm

 >  > user.adjust_minutes() is the correct function to call to add or subtract
 >  > minutes from the user's time bank. You need to understand that you
 >  > cannot subtract from the number of minutes that the user is given based
 >  > on their security level using this function. What this function/method
 >  > does is add or subtract from the user's "time bank", which normally has
 >  > 0 minutes in. And you cannot go less than 0. This time bank is
 >  > automatically added to their available time online.
 >  >
 >
 > I did not realize it was for the time bank.  I read the source to find out
 > the different commands I can use and I did not see in the help that it was
 > to remove from the time bank.  Thanks!

"Time bank" was never the official term (for Synchronet) - I used "minutes".
They're like credits. You can buy "minutes" (with credits), for example. I know
it's confusing and I'll see about using the term "time bank" more to clarify
the usage of user "minutes".

 >  > What you probably want to do instead is adjust the bbs.start_time
 >  > property (in seconds). The user's time online is based on their time per
 >  > day, time per call, minutes (time bank), the current time, and this
 >  > start time value. By adjusting the start time value you change their
 >  > available time for the current "call".

 > Okay, excellent.  I did use the bbs.start_time property and it works.

Ah, good.

 > Thank you very much for the help.

No problem.

                                            digital man

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