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Abstract

This code snippet adds a certain number of minutes/hours/days/weeks/months to a Date field.

Logic

Access the date and add the number of minutes/hours/days/weeks/months to it.

Snippet 

{{ <Date field> | dateadd(<Number of days>units>,"d<Unit>") }}

Placeholders

<Number of 

units>

Examples

The output of the code snippet is a Moment.js date object which you could use to:

• Set a Date/Date-time picker field - Eg: Set the Due date to issue created plus 1 month in
  • one of the Set Field Value post-functions
  • one of the Transition issue post-functions on the transition screen, if any

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

    Code Block
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    {{ issue.fields.created | dateadd(

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• • 1,"

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• • m") }}

    
    

• Conditionally execute a post-function or Unlink issues - Eg: Check that the issue has been resolved for more than 10 days

  Code Block
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  {{ now > issue.fields.

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• Resolved | dateadd(

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• 10,"d") }}

Context

You would typically use this code:

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• To set a Date/Timestamp field in 
  • one of the Set Field Value post-functions
  • one of the Transition issue post-functions
  • in the Create issue post-function under Set fields of new issue section
• To include the Date/Timestamp in Notify the customer that the issue will be resolved in 6 hours from now through the
  • Comment in one of the Comment issue post-functions

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

    Code Block
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    Your issue will be resolved on/before {{ now | dateadd(6,"hours") }}

    
    

• Write a JQL search expression

  of Link

  in the Link issues to current

  to

  issue

  In a conditional execution script toRun a

  post-function

  on comparing two Timestamps
• Unlink issues based on a date comparison

Use cases

A typical use case would be to set the Due date of the issue to issue created plus 5 days - Set the due date to issue created plus five days

• - Eg: Link issues whose "Planned Delivery date" is less than two days

  Code Block
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  {{ issue.fields["Planned Delivery Date"] < now | dateadd(2,"d") | date('YYYY-MM-DD') }}

  
  

References

• How to insert information using Nunjucks annotations
• Accessing JIRA Standard fields
• now variable
• Date filter

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