dateToString() | Decadis App Help Center

This function returns the date part of a timestamp of any given date in text form.

Bash

dateToString(timestamp, timeZone, language) #Output: Text

Parser Expression	Description
Bash `dateToString({issue.created}, LOCAL, USER_LANG)`	This example could return: 18/May/20
Bash `dateToString({issue.created}, LOCAL, SERVER_LANG)`	This example could return: 18/Mai/20

Parser Expression

Description

Bash

dateToString({issue.created}, LOCAL, USER_LANG)

This example could return:

18/May/20

Bash

dateToString({issue.created}, LOCAL, SERVER_LANG)

This example could return:

18/Mai/20

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`timestamp`	number	The parameter must be valid timestamp. Usually this value is retrieved from a field (e.g. due date, created date).
`timeZone`	timezone	The time zone used for the calculation.
`language`	language	The language used for the conversion.

Days might depend on the time zone - it might be Sunday on the west coast of the US while at the same time it's already Monday in Australia.

If you want to convert a text into a date, please see stringToDate().

This function returns a text

(books) Use cases and examples

Use case	JWT feature	Workflow function	Field type	Automated action	Parser functions
Close tickets after version release				Transition issue action	dateToString() first() releaseDates()
Last comment, its author, and timestamp	(input latin letters)		Text		userFullName() dateToString() last() allCommentDates()
Display historic due dates	(input latin letters)		Text		toString() textOnNumberList() fieldHistory() dateToString()
Create a sub-task for every recurring deadline within a task		Create issue			addMonths() getMatchingValue() dateToString()