NOW() Formula to accomplish .DeferredDeliveryTime = "Normal Business Hours"

[John.McLaughlin]

Hello,


I send order confirmations via Excel and With Outmail. Currently I use this formula in cell B1 to delay the delivery until 9AM. It works fine if I am entering orders before 9AM.


=IF(NOW()>9/24,TODAY(),TODAY()+1).

Problem is, sometimes I am entering customer orders at night, and I want to hold the delivery until the next business day. Currently I have to change the delivery time by hand in Outlook, Options>Delay Delivery.


How can I change the formula to;

• If between 9 to 5, send the mail,
• if before 9, hold until 9,
• if after 5, hold until the next day at 9am.

Thank you in advance!


John

 

[John.McLaughlin]

How can I change the formula to;

• If between 9 to 5, send the mail,
• if before 9, hold until 9,
• if after 5, hold until the next day at 9am.

Correction;

The formula; =IF(NOW()>9/24,TODAY(),TODAY()+1) returns a date value in cell B1, I need the formula to return a date based on current Time

• If between 9 to 5, return todays date
• if before 9, return todays date,
• if after 5, return today + 1
  

Thanks again!

 

[John.McLaughlin]

For reference;

I accomplished this with some cobbled code from an Outlook forum.

Dim obj As Object
    Dim Mail As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim WkDay As String
    Dim MinNow As Integer
    Dim SendHour As Integer
    Dim SendDate As Date
    Dim SendNow As String


'Set Variables
SendDate = Now()
SendHour = Hour(Now)
MinNow = Minute(Now)
WkDay = Weekday(Now)
SendNow = Y


'Check if Before 9am
If SendHour < 9 Then
    SendHour = 9 - SendHour
    SendDate = DateAdd("h", SendHour, SendDate)
    SendDate = DateAdd("n", -MinNow, SendDate)
    SendNow = N
End If
'Check if after 5PM
If SendHour > 17 Then           'After 5 PM
    SendHour = 33 - SendHour    'Send a 8 am next day
'    SendDate = DateAdd("d", 1, SendDate)
    SendDate = DateAdd("h", SendHour, SendDate)
    SendDate = DateAdd("n", -MinNow, SendDate)
    SendNow = N
End If


'Check if Sunday
If WkDay = 1 Then
    SendDate = DateAdd("d", 1, SendDate)
    SendNow = N
End If


'Check if Saturday
If WkDay = 7 Then
    SendDate = DateAdd("d", 1, SendDate)
    SendNow = N
End If

.DeferredDeliveryTime = SendDate