All date-time values are numeric values representing the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
JWT offers various ways of displaying or calculating with date-time values.
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Time Macros
Macros are aliases for literal / fixed values. A comprehensive set of time macros is provided to make your expressions more readable.
| Macro | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
{SECOND} | 1000 |
{MINUTE} | 1000 * 60 |
{HOUR} | 1000 * 60 * 60 |
{DAY} | 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 |
{WEEK} | 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 |
{MONTH} | 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 |
{YEAR} | 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 |
The following macros return the day of the week:
| Macro | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
{SUNDAY} | 1 |
{MONDAY} | 2 |
{TUESDAY} | 3 |
{WEDNESDAY} | 4 |
{THURSDAY} | 5 |
{FRIDAY} | 6 |
{SATURDAY} | 7 |
Use these macros in the following functions:
The following macros return the month:
| Macro | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
{JANUARY} | 1 |
{FEBRUARY} | 2 |
{MARCH} | 3 |
{APRIL} | 4 |
{MAY} | 5 |
{JUNE} | 6 |
{JULY} | 7 |
{AUGUST} | 8 |
{SEPTEMBER} | 9 |
{OCTOBER} | 10 |
{NOVEMBER} | 11 |
{DECEMBER} | 12 |
Time zones
Fields of type date and date-time contain a numeric value with the milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
The number that will be returned by any function using a date or date-time timestamp depends on a time zone.
The following time zones are currently available in JWT:
| Time zone | Output |
|---|---|
| LOCAL or SERVER_LOCAL | Returns the time zone configured for the server running Jira. |
| USER_LOCAL | Returns the time zone of the current user. |
| RUN_AS_LOCAL | Returns the time zone of the selected Run as user. |
Languages
When dealing with times and time zones sometimes you need to convert them to text. The text returned depends on the selected language.
Currently JWT offers the following language parameters:
| Time zone | Output |
|---|---|
SERVER_LANG | Returns the default language configured for the server running Jira. |
| USER_LANG | Returns the language of the current user. |
| RUN_AS_LANG | Returns the language of the selected Run as user. |
