Date-time functions operate on date values and date-time values. 

 The following date-time functions are available:

See Also

• Attribute Functions

Arguments

Date-time functions can take arguments with the parameter types:

• Date
• Datetime

See Scripting Basics.

Many date-time functions take the arguments dateField and dateValue, which are explained below.

dateField

dateField 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

dateValue

dateValue can either be a number, representing a month or day, or a constant.

For example, to add three months to the current date and time, use:

dateAdd(now(), _MONTH, 3)

The constants are:

• _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, use:

dateSet(in.date, _DAY_OF_WEEK, _SUNDAY)

Months and Days as Numbers

The numbers returned by data functions:

• for the months are 1 for January through to 12 for December.
• for the days are:

1. Monday
2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday
4. Thursday
5. Friday
6. Saturday
7. Sunday

For example, the following returns 6, for Saturday:

dateGet("01/07/2017", _DAY_OF_WEEK)