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# \_deleteByDate

Delete Stock items by their creation date.

### Parameters

#### date

The date that all stock items were created on, in the form of yyyy-mm-dd.

### Example

```
FM_api('Stock_deletebyIDs', ['date'=>'2018-10-12']);
```

### Result

#### On Success

The amount of stock that was deleted. For example:

```
{"ok":1,'deleted':56}
```

#### On Failure

If the user is not logged in:

```
{'error':'not logged in'}
```

If the user is not the main account user:

```
{'error':'only the main account user can delete by date'}
```

If the date is not given or is in the wrong format:

```
{'error':'no date given'}
```

If there are no stocks create on the given date:

```
{'error':'no stock in the database was created on that date'}
```


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