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This code snippet adds a certain number of days to a date excluding the weekends. By default, when you add a certain number of days to a date the weekends are included. To exclude them, you can use this snippet.

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Placeholder	Description	Example
`<from`>	Date to which the number of days should be added	`new Date()`
`<nod>`	Number of days to add	`22`

Examples

The output of this code snippet is a Timestamp which you could use in:

A Groovy expression, for example to:

Set a Date/Date-time picker field - Eg: Set a Date-time picker field to 5 days plus the Due date in

one of the Set Field Value post-functions

the Create issue post-function under Set fields of new issue section

Code Block

Date date(Date from, int nod){
    Calendar c1 = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
    c1.setTime(from);
 
    int weeks = nod/5;
    int remDays = nod%5;
 
    //Adding whole weeks
    c1.add(Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR, weeks);
 
    //Run a loop and check each day to skip a weekend
  	for(int i=1;i<=remDays;i++){
      c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SATURDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SUNDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
        }
 
    //Skip ending weekend
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SATURDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SUNDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
 
    //move to 0:00
    c1.clearTime();
     
    return c1.getTime();
}
date(issue.get("duedate"),5)

A Groovy template, for example to:

Notify the customer that the issue will be resolved in ten days excluding weekends, through the

Comment in one of the Comment issue post-functions

Subject/HTML body/Text body of Email issue post-function

Code Block

<% Date date(Date from, int nod){
    Calendar c1 = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
    c1.setTime(from);
 
    int weeks = nod/5;
    int remDays = nod%5;
 
    //Adding whole weeks
    c1.add(Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR, weeks);
 
    //Run a loop and check each day to skip a weekend
  	for(int i=1;i<=remDays;i++){
      c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SATURDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SUNDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
        }
 
    //Skip ending weekend
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SATURDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SUNDAY)
        c1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
 
    //move to 0:00
    c1.clearTime();
     
    return c1.getTime();
}%>
Your issue will be resolved on or before <%=date(new Date(),10)%>

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