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


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



Parser ExpressionDescription


dateTime(2020, 03, 01, 15, 30, LOCAL)


The function returns the date March 1st, 2020 15:30 in milliseconds.



Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
year

The year as number, e.g. 2020, 2015 or 2010.
month

The month as number, e.g. 1, 5 or 12 (starting with 1 = January, ..., 12 = December).
day

The day as number.

hour

The hour in 24h format, e.g. 1, 12 or 23.
minute

The minute as number.
timeZone

The time zone used for the calculation. 



The function returns a  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.