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numberThis function adds or subtracts time to/from any given date.

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Adds timeToBeAdded to t and returns a

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This function adds timeToBeAdded to t and returns a

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with the difference that weekends do not count in the sum.

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or subtracts time to/from any given date.

Weekends will not be counted as working daysUse negative values at timeToBeAdded for subtracting time from t.

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addTimeSkippingWeekends(number ttimestamp, number timeToBeAdded, timeZone time_zone) #Output: Number

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timeToBeAdded =

addTimeSkippingWeekends({issue.duedate}, 1 * {MONTH} + 2 * {HOUR}

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t represents a date-time which coincides with a Saturday

The function will return a date-time for next Monday at 02:00

, LOCAL)

This function adds 1 month and 2 hours to the issue's due date.

Weekends won't be taken into account.

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addTimeSkippingWeekends({issue.created}, 3 * {DAY} + 1 * {HOUR}, LOCAL)

This function adds 3 days and 1 hour to the issue's creation date.

Weekends won't be taken into account.

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addTimeSkippingWeekends({issue.duedate}, - 1 * {YEAR}, LOCAL)

This function subtracts 1 year from the issue's due date.

Weekends won't be taken into account.

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Parameter Input (data type) Description

timestamp

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The parameter must be valid timestamp. Usually this value is retrieved from a field (e.g. due date, created date).

numberOfDaystimeToBeAdded

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The number defined here will be the offset in days.

Negative values are used to substract days.

Internally JWT multiplies this value with the time macro {DAY} to add full days to the timestamp. of time. The offset can be built with the different time macros. Learn more about time macros.

Negative values are used to subtract time.

timeZone

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The time zone used for the calculation.

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Work 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.

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The function returns a

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with the difference that weekends do not count in the sum.

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The output can be written into any Jira field of type Date Picker or Date Time Picker.

Another very common use case is to use this function in a JWT calculated date-time field.

If you want to convert the number into a string, you might want to take a look at the dateTimeToString() function.

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The function returns a

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with a custom defined weekend.
beginning_of_weekend and end_of_weekend take the following values : {MONDAY} , {TUESDAY} ... {SUNDAY}.

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addTimeSkippingWeekends(number ttimestamp, number timeToBeAdded, timeZone time_zone, number beginning_of_weekendstartOfWeekend, number end_of_weekendendOfWeekend) #Output: Number

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addTimeSkippingWeekends({

system.currentDateTime}, 12 * {HOUR}, LOCAL, {FRIDAY}, {SATURDAY})

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This function adds 12 hours to the current

local time, and taking into consideration a weekend that begins with a Friday and ends with a Saturday

date and time.

Fridays and Saturdays are not counted.

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addTimeSkippingWeekends({system.currentDateTime}, -2 * {DAY}, LOCAL, {SATURDAY}, {SUNDAY})

This function subtracts 2 days from the current date and time.

Saturdays and Sundays are not counted.

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Parameters used in this function

Parameter Input (data type) Description

timestamp

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The parameter must be valid timestamp. Usually this value is retrieved from a field (e.g. due date, created date).

numberOfDays

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The number defined here will be the offset in days.

Negative values are used to substract days.

Internally JWT multiplies this value with the time macro {DAY} to add full days to the timestamp. Learn more about time macros.

timeZone

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The time zone used for the calculation.

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startOfWeekend

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The parameter will take values in the format of {MONDAY}, {TUESDAY} ... {SUNDAY}

endOfWeekend

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The parameter will take values in the format of {MONDAY}, {TUESDAY} ... {SUNDAY}

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Work 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.

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The function returns a

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with with a custom defined weekend and the difference that weekends do not count in the sum.

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The output can be written into any Jira field of type Date Picker or Date Time Picker.

Another very common use case is to use this function in a JWT calculated date-time field.

If you want to convert the number into a string, you might want to take a look at the dateTimeToString() function.

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