Options
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An option represents a storage location for any value of a specified type. Options are mutable. An option can hold different values during its lifetime.
Below is a list of built-in options currently implemented in the Flux language:
- now
- task
- location
now
The now option is a function that returns a time value used as a proxy for the current system time.
// Query should execute as if the below time is the current system time
option now = () => 2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00
task
The task option schedules the execution of a Flux query.
option task = {
name: "foo", // Name is required.
every: 1h, // Task should be run at this interval.
delay: 10m, // Delay scheduling this task by this duration.
cron: "0 2 * * *", // Cron is a more sophisticated way to schedule. 'every' and 'cron' are mutually exclusive.
retry: 5, // Number of times to retry a failed query.
}
location
The location option sets the default time zone of all times in the script.
The location maps the UTC offset in use at that location for a given time.
The default value is set using the time zone of the running process.
option location = fixedZone(offset:-5h) // Set timezone to be 5 hours west of UTC.
option location = loadLocation(name:"America/Denver") // Set location to be America/Denver.
IMPL#406 Implement Location option
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