Date Helper

Helper component for date and time manipulation.

Categories: helpers

Type: dateHelper/v1

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Actions

Add Time

Name: addTime

Add time to the date.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
inputDate	Date	DATE_TIME		true
dateFormat	Date Format	STRING Options EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss, EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy, MMMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss, MMMM dd yyyy, MMM dd yyyy, yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss, yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss, yyyy-MM-dd, MM-dd-yyyy, MM/dd/yyyy, MM/dd/yy, dd-MM-yyyy, dd/MM/yyyy, dd/MM/yy, UnixTimestamp	Here’s what each part of the format (eg. YYYY) means: yyyy : Year (4 digits) yy : Year (2 digits) MMMM : Month (full name) MMM : Month (short name) MM : Month (2 digits) EEE : Day (short name) dd : Day (2 digits) HH : Hour (2 digits) mm : Minute (2 digits) ss : Second (2 digits).	true
year	Year	INTEGER	Years to add.	false
month	Month	INTEGER	Months to add.	false
day	Day	INTEGER	Days to add.	false
hour	Hour	INTEGER	Hours to add.	false
minute	Minute	INTEGER	Minutes to add.	false
second	Second	INTEGER	Seconds to add.	false

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Add Time",
  "name" : "addTime",
  "parameters" : {
    "inputDate" : "2021-01-01T00:00:00",
    "dateFormat" : "",
    "year" : 1,
    "month" : 1,
    "day" : 1,
    "hour" : 1,
    "minute" : 1,
    "second" : 1
  },
  "type" : "dateHelper/v1/addTime"
}

Output

Type: STRING

Convert Date Timestamp

Name: convertUnixTimestampToIso8601

Converts UNIX timestamp to ISO8601 format.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
dateTimestamp	UNIX Timestamp	NUMBER	UNIX Timestamp in seconds (10 digits) or milliseconds (13 digits)	true
dateFormat	Date Format	STRING Options yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, yyyy-MM-dd	Formatting that should be applied the text representation of date.	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Convert Date Timestamp",
  "name" : "convertUnixTimestampToIso8601",
  "parameters" : {
    "dateTimestamp" : 0.0,
    "dateFormat" : ""
  },
  "type" : "dateHelper/v1/convertUnixTimestampToIso8601"
}

Output

Type: STRING

Date Difference

Name: dateDifference

Get the difference between two dates.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
startDate	Start Date	DATE_TIME		true
endDate	End Date	DATE_TIME		true
unit	Unit	STRING Options year, month, day, hour, minute, second	The unit of difference between the two dates.	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Date Difference",
  "name" : "dateDifference",
  "parameters" : {
    "startDate" : "2021-01-01T00:00:00",
    "endDate" : "2021-01-01T00:00:00",
    "unit" : ""
  },
  "type" : "dateHelper/v1/dateDifference"
}

Output

Type: NUMBER

Extract Date Units

Name: extractDateUnits

Extract date units (year/month/day/hour/minute/second/day of week/month name) from a date.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
inputDate	Date	DATE_TIME		true
unit	Unit to Extract	STRING Options year, month, day, hour, minute, second, dayOfWeek, monthName	Unit to extract from date.	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Extract Date Units",
  "name" : "extractDateUnits",
  "parameters" : {
    "inputDate" : "2021-01-01T00:00:00",
    "unit" : ""
  },
  "type" : "dateHelper/v1/extractDateUnits"
}

Output

Type: STRING

Get Current Date

Name: getCurrentDate

Get current date in the specified format.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
timeZone	Time Zone	STRING	Time zone to use when formatting date.	true
dateFormat	Date Format	STRING Options EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss, EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy, MMMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss, MMMM dd yyyy, MMM dd yyyy, yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss, yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss, yyyy-MM-dd, MM-dd-yyyy, MM/dd/yyyy, MM/dd/yy, dd-MM-yyyy, dd/MM/yyyy, dd/MM/yy, UnixTimestamp	Here’s what each part of the format (eg. YYYY) means: yyyy : Year (4 digits) yy : Year (2 digits) MMMM : Month (full name) MMM : Month (short name) MM : Month (2 digits) EEE : Day (short name) dd : Day (2 digits) HH : Hour (2 digits) mm : Minute (2 digits) ss : Second (2 digits).	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Get Current Date",
  "name" : "getCurrentDate",
  "parameters" : {
    "timeZone" : "",
    "dateFormat" : ""
  },
  "type" : "dateHelper/v1/getCurrentDate"
}

Output

Type: STRING

Subtract Time

Name: subtractTime

Subtract time from date

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
inputDate	Date	DATE_TIME		true
dateFormat	Date Format	STRING Options EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss, EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy, MMMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss, MMMM dd yyyy, MMM dd yyyy, yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss, yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss, yyyy-MM-dd, MM-dd-yyyy, MM/dd/yyyy, MM/dd/yy, dd-MM-yyyy, dd/MM/yyyy, dd/MM/yy, UnixTimestamp	Here’s what each part of the format (eg. YYYY) means: yyyy : Year (4 digits) yy : Year (2 digits) MMMM : Month (full name) MMM : Month (short name) MM : Month (2 digits) EEE : Day (short name) dd : Day (2 digits) HH : Hour (2 digits) mm : Minute (2 digits) ss : Second (2 digits).	true
year	Year	INTEGER	Years to subtract.	false
month	Month	INTEGER	Months to subtract.	false
day	Day	INTEGER	Days to subtract.	false
hour	Hour	INTEGER	Hours to subtract.	false
minute	Minute	INTEGER	Minutes to subtract.	false
second	Second	INTEGER	Seconds to subtract.	false

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Subtract Time",
  "name" : "subtractTime",
  "parameters" : {
    "inputDate" : "2021-01-01T00:00:00",
    "dateFormat" : "",
    "year" : 1,
    "month" : 1,
    "day" : 1,
    "hour" : 1,
    "minute" : 1,
    "second" : 1
  },
  "type" : "dateHelper/v1/subtractTime"
}

Output

Type: DATE_TIME