Set a date two months after the end of the quarter

Use case

Configure a calendar with the dates of the ends of the quarters and set automatically a date in a Date Picker field two months after the closest one.

🗒️ Prerequisites

Create a Calendar named End of Quarters with the following specification:

Bash

MAR/31, JUN/30, SEP/30, DEC/31 {

08:00 - 09:00;

}

You can change the dates to specify when the quarters or the business periods end.

⚒️ Configuration

Add the Update or copy field values post function to the transition of your choice.

Target issue

Choose Current issue

Fields

Field

Choose a Date Picker field

Value

Choose Set field value manually

Expression

Use the following expression in with the expression editor in Numeric mode

Bash

addMonths(nextTime({system.currentDateTime}, "End of Quarter", LOCAL),2, LOCAL)

You can modify the number of months added to the date by replacing the number 2 in the expression with the amount of numbers that you need to add.

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