Add certain number of days to a date in Nunjucks

Abstract

This code snippet adds a certain number of days to a Date field.

Logic

Access the date and add the number of days to it.

Snippet 

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

Placeholders

<Number of days>

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 5 days 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

    {{ issue.fields.created | dateadd(5,"d") }}

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

  {{ issue.fields.Resolved > now | dateadd(10,"d") }}

• Notify the customer that the issue will be resolved in 6 days from today through the
  • Comment in one of the Comment issue post-functions

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

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

• Write a JQL search expression in the Link issues to current issue post-function - Eg: Link issues whose "Planned Delivery date" is less than two days

  {{ 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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