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function main() { | |
// Load the sheet that contains the birthdays. | |
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName("sheet1"); | |
// Get the last row in the sheet that has data. | |
var numRows = sheet.getLastRow(); | |
// Load data in the first two columns from the second row till the last row. | |
// Remember: The first row has column headers so we don’t want to load it. | |
var range = sheet.getRange(2, 1, numRows - 1, 2).getValues(); | |
// Use a for loop to process each row of data | |
for(var index in range) { | |
// For each row, get the person’s name and their birthday | |
var row = range[index]; | |
var name = row[0]; | |
var birthday = row[1]; | |
// Check if the person’s birthday is today | |
if(isBirthdayToday(birthday)) { | |
//If yes, send an email reminder | |
emailReminder(name); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
// Check if a person’s birthday is today | |
function isBirthdayToday(birthday) { | |
// If birthday is a string, convert it to date | |
if(typeof birthday === "string") | |
birthday = new Date(birthday); | |
var today = new Date(); | |
if((today.getDate() === birthday.getDate()) && | |
(today.getMonth() === birthday.getMonth())) { | |
return true; | |
} else { | |
return false; | |
} | |
} | |
// Function to send the email reminder | |
function emailReminder(name) { | |
var subject = "Birthday reminder: " + name; | |
var recipient = Session.getActiveUser().getEmail(); | |
var body = "It is " + name + "'s birthday today."; | |
MailApp.sendEmail(recipient, subject, body); | |
} |
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