Timezone
This function converts a text with a certain format into a timestamp.
stringToDate(text, timeZone) #Output: Number
Examples
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Parser Expression |
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Bash
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This example will convert a text containing date information into a valid timestamp. |
Additional information
Parameters used in this function
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Input (data type) |
Description |
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text |
The parameter must contain data in a specific format. Usually this value is retrieved from a field. Valid input string formats are:
Also formats relative to the current time like in JQL queries: "w" (weeks), "d" (days), "h" (hours) or "m" (minutes), or formats defined at system property jira.date.time.picker.java.format are valid. |
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timezone |
The time zone used for the calculation. |
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.
Output
This function returns a number
Date-time pattern
Variant where you can manually define the date-time pattern. Read more about date-time patterns.
stringToDate(text, dateTimePattern ) #Output: Number
Examples
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Parser expression |
Description |
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Bash
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This example returns a timestamp representing a date-time value. |
Additional information
Parameters used in this function
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Parameter |
Input (data type) |
Description |
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text |
The parameter must contain data in a specific format. Usually this value is retrieved from a field. |
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text |
Manually defined date-time pattern. Read more about date-time patterns. |
Output
This function returns a Number
Date-time pattern with language and country
Variant where you can additionally define a language and a country.
stringToDate(text, dateTimePattern, language, country ) #Output: Number
Examples
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Parser expression |
Description |
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Bash
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This example returns a timestamp based on the parameters provided. |
Additional information
Parameters used in this function
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Parameter |
Input (data type) |
Description |
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text |
The parameter must contain data in a specific format. Usually this value is retrieved from a field. |
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text |
Manually defined date-time pattern. Read more about date-time patterns. |
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text |
Define the language for the conversion. Valid input parameters can be found here: ISO 639-2 |
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text |
Define the country for the conversion. Valid input parameters can be found here: ISO 3166 alpha-2 |
Output
This function returns a Number
This function is mostly used when you want to write the output into a Jira date-time picker.
If you want to convert a date into a text you might want to have a look at the function dateToString().
📚 Use cases and examples
| Use case | Workflow function | Parser functions |
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| Log absence time on another issue | ||
| Validation based on the value of a date type project property |