Date Helper

Reference

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Helper component for date and time manipulation.

Categories: [helpers]

Version: 1

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Actions

Add Time

Add time to the date.

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Date	DATE_TIME	DATE_TIME
Date Format	STRING	SELECT	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).
Year	INTEGER	INTEGER	Years to add.
Month	INTEGER	INTEGER	Months to add.
Day	INTEGER	INTEGER	Days to add.
Hour	INTEGER	INTEGER	Hours to add.
Minute	INTEGER	INTEGER	Minutes to add.
Second	INTEGER	INTEGER	Seconds to add.

Output

Type: STRING

Convert Date Timestamp

Converts UNIX timestamp to ISO8601 format.

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
UNIX Timestamp	NUMBER	NUMBER	UNIX Timestamp in seconds (10 digits) or milliseconds (13 digits)
Date Format	STRING	SELECT	Formatting that should be applied the text representation of date.

Output

Type: STRING

Date Difference

Get the difference between two dates.

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Start Date	DATE_TIME	DATE_TIME
End Date	DATE_TIME	DATE_TIME
Unit	STRING	SELECT	The unit of difference between the two dates.

Output

Type: NUMBER

Extract Date Units

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

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Date	DATE_TIME	DATE_TIME
Unit to Extract	STRING	SELECT	Unit to extract from date.

Output

Type: STRING

Get Current Date

Get current date in the specified format.

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Time Zone	STRING	SELECT	Time zone to use when formatting date.
Date Format	STRING	SELECT	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).

Output

Type: STRING

Subtract Time

Subtract time from date

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Date	DATE_TIME	DATE_TIME
Date Format	STRING	SELECT	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).
Year	INTEGER	INTEGER	Years to subtract.
Month	INTEGER	INTEGER	Months to subtract.
Day	INTEGER	INTEGER	Days to subtract.
Hour	INTEGER	INTEGER	Hours to subtract.
Minute	INTEGER	INTEGER	Minutes to subtract.
Second	INTEGER	INTEGER	Seconds to subtract.

Output

Type: DATE_TIME