This function adds or subtracts years to or from any given date.
addYears(timestamp, numberOfYears, timeZone) #Output: Number
addYears({issue.created}, 10, LOCAL)
This example adds 10 years to the issue's creation date.
addYears({issue.dueDate}, -2, LOCAL)
addYears({issue.cf12025}, 1, USER_LOCAL)
This example adds 1 year to a custom date-time field (with ID 12025).
Instead of the Jira server's local time this example uses the current user's time zone.
Parameters used in this function
timestamp
numberOfYears
The offset in years. Negative values are used to subtract years.
Internally JWT multiplies this value with the time macro {YEAR} to add full years to the timestamp. Learn more about time macros.
{YEAR}
timeZone
The time zone used for the calculation.
This function returns a representing a timestamp
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 one of the JWT calculated date-time fields.
Adds or subtracts years to or from any given date.