Answers.Body: <p>Twigs <a href="http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/filters/date_modify.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">date_modify filter</a> accepts every string, which is supported by phps <a href="http://www.php.net/strtotime" rel="nofollow noreferrer">strtotime()</a>.</p>
  
  <p>These strings are called <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Relative Formats</a>.</p>
  
  <p>.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Examples:</strong></p>
  
  <p>In the <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/168/how-do-i-show-advanced-filters-for-events">original post</a> you used:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set day = date('m/d/Y') %}
  {% set nextDay = day|date_modify('+1 day') %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but with <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Relative Formats</a> you can also do something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set var = day|date_modify('now') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('10 September 2000') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('+1 week') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('+1 week 2 days 4 hours 2 seconds') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('next Thursday') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('last Monday') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('next month') %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(These are equivalents of the <a href="http://www.php.net/strtotime#example-2413" rel="nofollow noreferrer">php-doc examples</a> )</p>
  
  <p>.</p>
  
  <p>So this weekend would be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set var = day|date_modify('next Friday') %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><em>Or Saturday, personally I start my weekends on Thursday, so it's hard to give a good example ;)</em></p>
  
  <p>Next weekend:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set var = day|date_modify('next Friday +7 days') %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Next weekend in one year, half an hour ago:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set var = day|date_modify('next Friday +1 year -30 minutes') %}
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: Beat me to it :)  And I had no idea you could use weekday names in date_modify! Very cool.
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Answers.Text: How would you get the Dates in a Range though? You solution above works well for getting events on a certain day but a Weekend should show events from Friday through Sunday right?
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Body: <p>Stemming from this <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/168/how-do-i-show-advanced-filters-for-events">original post</a> I was able to show Events using a custom date field and successfully got "Today" and "Tomorrow" events to show up.</p>
  
  <p>How would I go about doing some custom Math to show "This Weekend" or "Next Week" events? I'm sure I have to first write a conditional on determine what the current Day is, but not sure the best way to do this.</p>
  
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Title: How to show events for "This Weekend, Next Week"
ThreadText: # How to show events for "This Weekend, Next Week"
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-13)
  
  Stemming from this [original post](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/168/how-do-i-show-advanced-filters-for-events) I was able to show Events using a custom date field and successfully got "Today" and "Tomorrow" events to show up.
  
  How would I go about doing some custom Math to show "This Weekend" or "Next Week" events? I'm sure I have to first write a conditional on determine what the current Day is, but not sure the best way to do this.
  
  **Tags:** entries, datetime
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: You might be able to unify these ideas into a beautiful macro or plugin. I only started on the macro quest today though, hence this timid comment instead of an authoritative answer.  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-06-13. Score: 23
  
  Twigs [date\_modify filter](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/filters/date_modify.html) accepts every string, which is supported by phps [strtotime()](http://www.php.net/strtotime).
  
  These strings are called [Relative Formats](http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php).
  
  .
  
  **Examples:**
  
  In the [original post](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/168/how-do-i-show-advanced-filters-for-events) you used:
  
  ```
  {% set day = date('m/d/Y') %}
  {% set nextDay = day|date_modify('+1 day') %}
  
  ```
  
  but with [Relative Formats](http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php) you can also do something like this:
  
  ```
  {% set var = day|date_modify('now') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('10 September 2000') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('+1 week') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('+1 week 2 days 4 hours 2 seconds') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('next Thursday') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('last Monday') %}
  {% set var = day|date_modify('next month') %}
  
  ```
  
  (These are equivalents of the [php-doc examples](http://www.php.net/strtotime#example-2413) )
  
  .
  
  So this weekend would be:
  
  ```
  {% set var = day|date_modify('next Friday') %}
  
  ```
  
  *Or Saturday, personally I start my weekends on Thursday, so it's hard to give a good example ;)*
  
  Next weekend:
  
  ```
  {% set var = day|date_modify('next Friday +7 days') %}
  
  ```
  
  Next weekend in one year, half an hour ago:
  
  ```
  {% set var = day|date_modify('next Friday +1 year -30 minutes') %}
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Beat me to it :)  And I had no idea you could use weekday names in date_modify! Very cool.  
  > **username_2**: I also just found out after reading the docs, php still surprises from time to time.  
  > **username_1**: "Next weekend in one year, half an hour ago" — *finally*, I don't have to calculate this manually all the time!  
  > **username_0**: How would you get the Dates in a Range though? You solution above works well for getting events on a certain day but a Weekend should show events from Friday through Sunday right?  
  > **username_2**: Does this help: http://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/47/how-can-i-use-operators-within-twig-hashes ?  
  > **username_0**: I'll take a look, looks like that post would get me what I'm after :) Thanks for all of the help!  
  
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