Set a date field to a future date

Use case

Set any date field of an issue to a future date based on the current date and time.

Configuration steps

Target issue*

Select current issue.

Fields*

Choose either a Date Time Picker field or a Date Picker field. In this example, we will consider Due date as our date field.

Value*

In the popup configuration of the field, select Set field value manually (parser expression) and enter the following expression with the expression editor in General mode:

%{dateTimeToString( {system.currentDateTime} + 7*DAY , "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sZ", RUN_AS_LOCAL, RUN_AS_LANG)}

Alternatively, the following expression can be used with the expression editor in Jira expression mode:

new Date().plusDays(7)

Run as*

Choose which user* will execute the post function. By default, it is set to the Current user.

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