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Date and date-time values are represented as strings. E.g. '2021-01-01', '2021-01-01 10:00'.

datetime\today

datetime\today()

Returns a today's date (w/o time).

datetime\now

datetime\now()

Returns a current datetime.

datetime\format

datetime\format(VALUE, [TIMEZONE], [FORMAT])

Converts a date or datetime VALUE to a string formatted according to the application settings or a given timezone and format. TIMEZONE and FORMAT can be omitted. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then the default timezone will be used. If FORMAT is omitted, then the default format will be used.

Example

datetime\format(closeDate, 'America/New_York', 'MM/DD/YYYY')

datetime\format(dateStart, 'America/New_York', 'MM/DD/YYYY hh:mma')

datetime\format(dateStart, 'Europe/Amsterdam', 'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm')

datetime\date

datetime\date(VALUE, [TIMEZONE])

Returns date of the month (1-31). 0 if VALUE is empty. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then system timezone is used.

datetime\month

datetime\month(VALUE, [TIMEZONE])

Returns month (1-12). 0 if VALUE is empty. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then system timezone is used.

datetime\year

datetime\year(VALUE, [TIMEZONE])

Returns year. 0 if VALUE is empty. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then system timezone is used.

datetime\hour

datetime\hour(VALUE, [TIMEZONE])

Returns hour (0-23). -1 if VALUE is empty. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then system timezone is used.

datetime\minute

datetime\minute(VALUE, [TIMEZONE])

Returns minute (0-59). -1 if VALUE is empty. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then system timezone is used.

datetime\dayOfWeek

datetime\dayOfWeek(VALUE, [TIMEZONE])

Returns day of the week (0-6). -1 if VALUE is empty. 0 - for Sunday. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then system timezone is used.

datetime\diff

datetime\diff(VALUE_1, VALUE_2, INTERVAL_TYPE)

Returns the difference between two dates or datetimes. INTERVAL_TYPE can be 'years', 'months', 'days', 'hours', 'minutes'. Returns null if failure. The result will be negative if VALUE_1 < VALUE_2.

datetime\addMinutes

datetime\addMinutes(VALUE, MINUTES)

Adds MINUTES to a datetime VALUE. MINUTES can be negative. Returns a modified STRING value.

Example

$modifiedValue = datetime\addMinutes('2021-01-01 00:00', 10)

datetime\addHours

datetime\addHours(VALUE, HOURS)

Adds HOURS to a datetime VALUE. HOURS can be negative. Returns a modified STRING value.

datetime\addDays

datetime\addDays(VALUE, DAYS)

Adds DAYS to a date or datetime VALUE. DAYS can be negative.

Example

datetime\addDays(dateStart, 1)

datetime\addWeeks

datetime\addWeeks(VALUE, WEEKS)

Adds WEEKS to a date or datetime VALUE. WEEKS can be negative. Returns a modified STRING value.

Example

datetime\addWeeks(dateStart, 4)

datetime\addMonths

datetime\addMonths(VALUE, MONTHS)

Adds MONTHS to a date or datetime VALUE. MONTHS can be negative. Returns a modified STRING value.

Example

datetime\addMonths(dateStart, 1)

datetime\addYears

datetime\addYears(VALUE, YEARS)

Example

datetime\addYears(dateStart, 1)

Adds YEARS to a date or datetime VALUE. YEARS can be negative. Returns a modified STRING value.

datetime\closest

datetime\closest(VALUE, TYPE, TARGET, [IS_PAST], [TIMEZONE])

Returns the closest date or datetime to VALUE based on passed arguments.

TYPE can be one of the following values: 'time', 'minute', 'hour', 'date', 'month', 'dayOfWeek'. TARGET is an integer value or a string value. IS_PAST means to find the closest in the past. If TIMEZONE is omitted, then the default timezone is used.

Example

datetime\closest(datetime\now(), 'time', '20:00') Will return the closest datetime value in the future with 20:00 time.

datetime\closest('2017-11-20', 'date', 1, true) Will return 2017-11-01, the first day of the month.

datetime\closest(datetime\now(), 'dayOfWeek', 1) Will return the next Monday (the beginning of the day).