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Available since 1.2.0 version

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Date object propertyTypeDescriptionSample value
formatDateTimeStringdate and time in Jira datetime format11/sep/16 1:15 PM
formatDateStringdate in Jira date format11/sep/16
formatDateISOStringdate in ISO 8601 'YYYY-MM-DD' format2016-09-11
formatTimeStringtime in Jira time format1:15 PM
dayNumberday as number3
dayLongStringday in 'DD' format03
weekNumberweek number in year36
monthNumbermonth as number7
monthLongStringmonth in 'MM' format07
yearNumberyear number2016

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Operations on date object

On date object user can do math operations and modify final date value. For example user can add minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or set hour/minutes to exact value. See available operation below:

Date object methodsDescriptionSample usage
withMinutes(<integerValue>)

modifies the date by setting specified number of minutes.

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Value must be in the range [0,59]


$repeating.date.withMinutes(0)
withHours(<integerValue>)

modifies the date by setting specified number of hours.

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Value must be in the range [0,23]


$repeating.date.withHours(12)
addMinutes(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of minutes$repeating.date.addMinutes(15)
addMinutesStrict(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of minutes with respecting non-working days$repeating.date.addMinutesStrict(15)
addHours(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of hours$repeating.date.addHours(2)
addHoursStrict(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of hours with respecting non-working days$repeating.date.addHoursStrict(2)
addDays(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of days$repeating.date.addDays(2)
addDaysStrict(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of days with respecting non-working days$repeating.date.addDaysStrict(2)
addWeeks(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of weeks$repeating.date.addWeeks(1)
addWeeksStrict(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of weeks with respecting non-working days$repeating.date.addWeeksStrict(1)
addMonths(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of months$repeating.date.addMonths(15)
addMonthsStrict(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of months with respecting non-working days$repeating.date.addMonthsStrict(15)
addYears(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of years$repeating.date.addYears(1)
addYearsStrict(<integerValue>)modifies the date by adding specified number of years with respecting non-working days$repeating.date.addYearsStrict(1)

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Differences between strict and non-strict date modifications

Below is quick and simple comparison how strict mode with respecting non-working days differ from simple date modifications. 

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$repeating.date.addDays(5) vs $repeating.date.addDaysStrict(5)
24/Sep/18 2:45 PM vs 26/Sep/18 2:45 PM

$repeating.date.addMinutes(25) vs $repeating.date.addMinutesStrict(25)
19/Sep/18 3:10 PM vs 19/Sep/18 3:10 PM

$repeating.date.addMinutes(4335) vs $repeating.date.addMinutesStrict(4335) (4335 minutes is equal to 3 days 15 minutes)
22/Sep/18 3:00 PM vs 24/Sep/18 3:00 PM

$repeating.date.addHours(10) vs $repeating.date.addHoursStrict(10)
20/Sep/18 12:45 AM vs 22/Sep/18 12:45 AM

$repeating.date.addHours(76) vs $repeating.date.addHoursStrict(76) (76 hours is equal to 3 days 4 hours)
22/Sep/18 6:45 PM vs 24/Sep/18 6:45 PM

$repeating.date.addHours(82) vs $repeating.date.addHoursStrict(82) (82 hours is equal to 3 days 10 hours)
23/Sep/18 12:45 AM vs 25/Sep/18 12:45 AM

$repeating.date.addMonths(2) vs $repeating.date.addMonthsStrict(2)
19/Nov/18 1:45 PM vs 21/Nov/18 1:45 PM

$repeating.date.addYears(1) vs $repeating.date.addYearsStrict(1)
19/Sep/19 2:45 PM vs 21/Sep/19 2:45 PM

Date comparisons in velocity templates

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$repeating.date.isAfter('2018-09-13T13:30:00')

$repeating.date.isAfter($sourceIssue.dueDate)

$repeating.date.month < 8

#if($repeating.date.month > 4)Some value#{else}other value#end