Date/time functions operate on dates and date and date-time values.
List of date/time functions
The following date/time functions are available:
Parameters: Date Field and Date Time
Many date/ time functions use arguments Date Field and Date Value - as described below:
Date Field
Date Field can take one of the following values:
- _YEAR
- _MONTH
- _DAY (equivalent to _DAY_OF_MONTH)
- _DAY_OF_WEEK
- _DAY_OF_MONTH
- _DAY_OF_YEAR
- _WEEK_OF_YEAR
- _HOUR
- _MINUTE
- _SECOND
- _MILLISECOND
Date Value
Date Value can be a Number.
For example the following will add three months to the current date and time:
dateAdd(now(), _MONTH, 3)
Alternatively, dateValue can be one of the following constants.
- _MONDAY
- _TUESDAY
- _WEDNESDAY
- _THURSDAY
- _FRIDAY
- _SATURDAY
- _SUNDAY
- _JANUARY
- _FEBRUARY
- _MARCH
- _APRIL
- _MAY
- _JUNE
- _JULY
- _AUGUST
- _SEPTEMBER
- _OCTOBER
- _NOVEMBER
- _DECEMBER
For example, if you want to set the day to Sunday, you can write:
dateSet(in.date, _DAY_OF_WEEK, _SUNDAY)
Day Values
The following numbers correspond to the following numbers in the date functions.
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
For example, dateGet("01/07/2017", _DAY_OF_WEEK) will return 6, because it is a Saturday.
Please note that different numbers represent the days of the week in task schedules.
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