lua table range of dates

[benanderson_475]

You need to use modulo (%) operator for this:

Code:

data = {}

today = os.date('%w')
for i = 1, 14 do
  data[ i ] = (today - i) % 7
end

log(data)

Many thanks,
how can i also get the associated date for the previous days?, taking into account if the range of 14 days is between 2 months,
i have so far the below it assumes feb has 28 days but im not sure it is correct and works properly....
also, is there a way to include the leap year so days_in_month {Feburary} is changing depending if it is 28 or 29 days?

Code:

days_in_month = {31, 28, 31, 30 ,31, 30,  31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}

data = {}

today = os.date('%w') -- week day number
month_day =  tonumber(os.date('%d') )-- date in month for day
month_num = tonumber(os.date('%m'))  --%m month (09) [01-12]

for i = 1, 60 do

  mth_day  = (month_day - i) % days_in_month[month_num]
 
  if mth_day < 1 then
    log('exceeded month getting prev month date')
    month_num = month_num-1
    mth_day = days_in_month[month_num]
  end
     
  data[ i ] = { day_num = (today -i) %7, day_in_month = mth_day, month_date = month_num}
   
end
log(data)