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

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

{{ issue.fields.duedate | dateadd(3,"d") }}

Context

You would typically use this code:

• To set a Date/Timestamp field 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
• To include the Date/Timestamp in the
  • Comment in one of the Comment issue post-functions
  • Subject/HTML body/Text body of Email issue post-function
  • JQL search expression of Link issues current to issue
• In a conditional execution script to
  • Run 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

Reference

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

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