dateTime()

This function creates a date-time value in milliseconds from separate input values.

Syntax

dateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, timeZone) #Output: Number

Parser Expression	Description
dateTime(2020, 03, 01, 15, 30, LOCAL)	The function returns the date March 1st, 2020 15:30 in milliseconds.

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`year`	NUMBER	The year as number, e.g. 2020, 2015 or 2010.
`month`	NUMBER	The month as number, e.g. 1, 5 or 12 (starting with 1 = January, ..., 12 = December).
`day`	NUMBER	The day as number.
`hour`	NUMBER	The hour in 24h format, e.g. 1, 12 or 23.
`minute`	NUMBER	The minute as number.
`timeZone`	TIMEZONE	The time zone used for the calculation.

The function returns a NUMBER in milliseconds.

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

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

This function can come in handy when trying to create custom dates without calculating them relaying on existing dates.