Dynamic Text Today's Date +- Number of Days

BeccaBoyd

I am trying to create a dynamic text box for today's date plus or minus a number of days. In ArcMap the Python string for the expression was:

(str( datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=8))) + ' to ' + (str( datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=2)))

I haven't been able to recreate this in Pro. It is for a map and report run daily where we want to have the date range listed as "Today - 8 days to Today - 2days", or 4/21/21 to 4/27/21 for today 4/29/21. 

JeffreyBarrette

Becca, with a little digging and team help, the following may be your solution (without having to use a Python script to update the value).

On layout, insert Dynamic Text --> Value

Click on the Value to open the Insert Table Attribute dialog.

Set the table to be the index layer (doesn't really matter)

Click the expression button next to field

and set the expression to:

 

 

var relDate = Now();
var start = DateAdd(relDate, -8, "days");
var end = DateAdd(relDate, -2, "days");

Text(start, 'M/D/Y') + ' to ' + Text(end, 'M/D/Y');