Gift box with specified opening date

Hello!
I want to build an advent calendar in my place with 24 gift boxes that do not open before a specified date. e.g. people should not be able to open the box of dec. 3rd before that date but they can still open it later. I couldn't find a script for it so far, maybe someone has an idea how to do this? Thank you!
Kathrina

i love your idea Kathrina, unfortunately i am not a script wizz... thought i just should give you my headsup for your idea tho

This date script in the wikki libery should work for you it has a check that subtracts the target date from todays date so if the result is 1 or greater it is on or after the date yo want

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Date_Library

it would then be relativly easy to have a touch event with if the number returned is >=1 then if gives contents.

sounds a nice idea good luck with it

Perhaps I'm being too literal, but if by this you mean restrict usage of the Open option on the pie menu, there is no way to do that through script. Any user can see the contents of any object they own (or have modify rights on) at any time with Open, and even any object they don't own with Edit.

What a cute idea! Deanna, I think she means a single advent calendar in her own place, which visitors can go to for freebies, but not before the right day comes.

The simplest way to build this might be to have a script which reads the "day" it is to open from the object description line. Then it would be simple to do the arithmetic in the script and only give the item if it is past the "open" date.

The script would only have to do the cumbersome date arithmetic on rez or reset.

Be cute to have the object open a door too when it gives the item, just like a real advent calendar. Behind the door could be a picture of the item, if you were so inclined

Lol I could make the script, if no one has it.

If you have an object server you can have the prize saved in the server and don't deliver until the dated is reached. The giftbox would just contain the script that sends the request to the server. Or you can have an gift inside a gift. So then when you edit it all you see it the 2 box with the real gift in it.

Kathrina, we're confused! Help us!

Do you mean a "gift box" as in something that you _give_ to someone in advance, that they can "open" to get the contents on a specific date? Or do you mean that the "advent calendar" remains on your land, owned by you, and dispenses things when clicked on the appropriate date?

The first type, the "gift box", can't be done unless you have a server in-world.

Something like this?
You could hang the gift boxes on a tree and then put this script into each box(set the day for each box);

//This example would only give the object inside on the 20th of December or later
integer month = 12;
integer day = 20;

default
{
	touch_start(integer total_number)
	{
		string date = llGetDate();
		if(month <= (integer)llGetSubString(date,5,6))
		{
			if(day <= (integer)llGetSubString(date,8,9))
			{
				llWhisper(0, "Merry Christmas");
				llGiveInventory(llDetectedKey(0), llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_OBJECT, 0));
			}
			else
			llWhisper(0, "Patience is a virtue");
		}
		else
			llWhisper(0, "Patience is a virtue");
	}
}

It isn't perfect thou, everyone could get as many of each item as they wanted etc. Depending on the item, it may not matter.

The one other small problem is that the date is GMT/UTC time. IF you only want to give out the packages at midnight or past your local time then let us know and I am sure we could cobble together something. I can not think of a way to give the objects with an offset for the local time of anyone that clicks on it, no matter where they live. The simplest soultion may be to have a script in the tree which displays the date using llSetText.

The script could also be modified to use llGvieInventoryList instead, in case you wanted to give an object and a card etc.

Sorry for the confusion. I want presents displayed in my garden and when someone clicks it on the appropriate date they will dispense notecards, maybe some pictures.

Thank you Jesse, thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for.

And thanks to everyone who's helping


Oh, as you're offering it: it will be mostly for our german visitors, so it would be great if the time was set to german time (PST +9).

Fun little script for people to play around with. Consider it an early Christmas present.

//This script will only work correctly from now till December 31st

integer gmt_offset = 1;//Enter your local offset to GMT/UTC here
//It will also work with US times zones. Example EST would be entered as "-5"
//If you are not sure : http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/ for your local offset

integer month = 12;
integer day = 20;

default
{
	touch_start(integer total_number)
	{
		string timestamp = llGetTimestamp();
		integer current_month = (integer)llGetSubString(timestamp,5,6);
		integer current_day = (integer)llGetSubString(timestamp,8,9);
		integer current_hour = (integer)llGetSubString(timestamp,11,12);
		current_hour = current_hour + gmt_offset;
		if(current_hour < 0)
		{
			current_hour = current_hour + 24;
			if(current_month == 12 && current_day == 1)
			{
				current_month = 11;
				current_day = 30;
			}
			else
				current_day--;
		}
		else if(current_hour > 24)
		{
			current_hour = current_hour - 24;
			if(current_month == 11 && current_day == 30)
			{
				current_month = 12;
				current_day = 1;
			}
			else
				current_day++;
		}
		if(month <= current_month)
		{
			if(day <= current_day)
			{
				llWhisper(0, "Merry Christmas");
				llGiveInventory(llDetectedKey(0), llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_OBJECT, 0));
			}
			else
				llWhisper(0, "Patience is a virtue");
		}
		else
			llWhisper(0, "Patience is a virtue");
	}
}
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Testing pasting script into Irfanview as a jpg and uploading to picassa. Link between img tags.

OMG that works even better. Just selected text and pasted into irfanview, saved as a jpg and then used "manage attachments" to upload. Wonder how long it will stay in the forum and if they clean out attachments every now and then?

Lol...patience is a virtue.

A great script for a gift box that is not to be opened until a specific date and works as advertised.

But, could it also be made so that a specific person would be the only person to be able to open it on that specific date?

Like presents under the tree. Each one is for a particular person so only that person would be able to open it.

in the touch event

EDITED BELOW
if("target av name in lowercase" == llToLower( llDetectedName( 0 ) )){
//-- give stuff
}

or

if(~llSubStringIndex( llToLower( llDetectedName( 0 ) ), "lowercase partial av name"){
//-- give stuff
}

Thanks Void, I'll give that try.