API Documentation

Date and Time Functions

List of date and time functions

  • NOW

  • CURDATE

  • CURTIME

  • DATE

  • DATEDIFF

  • DATE_COMPUTE

  • DATETIME_COMPUTE

  • DAY

  • MONTH

  • YEAR

  • WEEKDAY

  • DATIME_COMPUTE

  • DATE_MAX

  • DATE_MIN

Within DecisionRules functions, date and time are represented by a date/time ISO string. Functions generating date like NOW or DATE therefore return string which can be then picked up by other date functions. On the other hand, most of the other date functions return numbers, like DATEDIFF, DAY, MONTH or YEAR.

Note that DATE function converts dates to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) based on specified time zone and Daylight Saving Time (DST) settings. If no time zone is specified, CET (Central European Time) is used by default. For example, when entering a date like "04.16.2024", it adjusts to "2024-04-15T22:00" (using GMT+2 by default) to align with UTC. If another function uses DATE as a parameter, this adjusted date ("04.15.2024") is then utilized as required. Tip! You can append the letter "Z" to the end of the date provided within the DATE function. This indicates that the date should be treated as UTC and will not be converted to UTC. Examples: 

DATE("04.16.2024Z") ---> "2024-04-16T00:00"
DATE("04.16.2024 15:30 Z") ---> "2024-04-16T15:30"

Now (NOW)

Returns the current date and time.

  • Takes 1 optional argument.

  • When present, the optional argument specifies time zone.

input = "+02:00"

[function] ---> [output]

NOW()              ---> "2021-06-01T11:01"
NOW("+08:00")      ---> "2021-06-01T19:01"
NOW("-08:00")      ---> "2021-06-01T03:01"
NOW({input})       ---> "2021-06-01T13:01"

NOW(1)             ---> invalid
NOW("abc")         ---> invalid

Current date (CURDATE)

Returns the current date.

  • Takes 1 optional argument.

  • When present, the optional argument specifies time zone.

input = "+02:00"

[function] ---> [output]

CURDATE()              ---> "2021-06-01"
CURDATE("+08:00")      ---> "2021-06-01"
CURDATE("-02:00")      ---> "2021-06-01"
CURDATE({input})       ---> "2021-06-01"
CURDATE("+10:00")      ---> "2021-07-01"

CURDATE(1)             ---> invalid
CURDATE("xx")          ---> invalid

Current time (CURTIME)

Returns the current time.

  • Takes 1 optional argument.

  • When present, the optional argument specifies time zone.

input = "+02:00"

[function] ---> [output]

CURTIME()              ---> "11:16"
CURTIME("-02:00")      ---> "09:16"
CURTIME("+08:00")      ---> "19:16"
CURTIME({input})       ---> "13:16"

CURTIME(1)             ---> invalid
CURTIME("xx")          ---> invalid

Date (DATE)

Takes a string and returns a date (a date ISO string that can be picked up by other functions). The returned date and time are localized to UTC.

  • Takes 1 to 3 arguments.

  • The first argument is a string representing a date.

  • The second optional argument specifies custom format of the given date.

  • Third argument determinate what units are used for flooring. Possible values are: s= seconds, m= minutes and h= hours.

For details on how to write the second parameter specifying the date format, please see the Day.js Documentation.

input = "12/25/2021"

[function] ---> [output]

DATE("2021-12-25T23:00")       ---> "2021-12-25T22:00"
DATE("12/25/2021")             ---> "2021-12-24T23:00"
DATE({input})                  ---> "2021-12-24T23:00"
// Append "Z" at the end if you want the date to be treated as UTC
DATE("12/25/2021 Z")           ---> "2021-12-25T00:00"
DATE("12.25.2021 Z")           ---> "2021-12-25T00:00"
DATE({input}Z)                 ---> "2021-12-25T00:00"

DATE("2.20.2022 GMT+3")        ---> "2022-02-19T21:00"
DATE("2.20.2022 15:00 GMT+3")  ---> "2022-02-20T12:00"

DATE("18/06/2022T08:15","DD/MM/YYYYTHH:mm")  ---> 2022-06-18T06:15
DATE("18.06.2022 08:15 +03:00","DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm Z")  ---> 2022-06-18T05:15

DATE("18/06/2022T08:15:44","DD/MM/YYYYTHH:mm:ss", "s")  ---> 2022-06-18T06:15:44
DATE("18/06/2022T08:15:44","DD/MM/YYYYTHH:mm:ss", "m")  ---> 2022-06-18T06:15
DATE("18/06/2022T08:15:44","DD/MM/YYYYTHH:mm:ss", "h")  ---> 2022-06-18T06:00

DATE("1710510160000", "x") --> "2024-03-15T13:42"

DATE()                         ---> invalid
DATE(12/25/2021)               ---> invalid

Note that the function returns the result even for an invalid date as follows:

  • The values for the day can take 1-31 (depending on the month). If the range is exceeded, it will bubble up to the next month.

  • The values for the month can take 0-11 (Months are zero indexed, so January is month 0). If the range is exceeded, it will bubble up to the next year.

Date format (DATE_FORMAT)

Takes a date and converts it to required format.

  • Takes 2 arguments.

  • The first argument is the date to be converted (obtained from DATE, NOW or CURDATE).

  • The second argument is the required date format.

Note: This function depends on the output of the DATE function. For further details, refer to the info block at the beginning of this page

input = "04/16/2024"
[function] ---> [output]

// If no letter 'Z' is appeneded then the date is converted to UTC first
DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024"), "DD.MM.YYYY")       ---> "15.04.2024"
// Add 'Z' at the end of the date if you do not want it to be converted
DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024Z"), "DD.MM.YYYY")      ---> "16.04.2024"

DATE_FORMAT(DATE({input}Z), "DD-MM-YYYY")           ---> "16-04-2024"
DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024 Z"), "DD MMMM YY")     ---> "16 April 24"
DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024 Z"), "dddd MMM YY")    ---> "Tuesday Apr 24"
DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024 Z"), "ddd")            ---> "Tue"

DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024 15:00 Z"), "dddd DD MMMM hh a") 
    ---> "Tuesday 16 April 03 pm"
DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024 15:30 GMT+5"), "dddd, MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A") 
    ---> "Tuesday, April 16, 2024 10:30 AM"
DATE_FORMAT(DATE("04/16/2024T15:30:44","MM/DD/YYYYTHH:mm:ss", "s"), "DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss") 
    ---> "16.04.2024 13:30:44"

// First parametr must be a DATE, NOW or CURDATE function
DATE_FORMAT("04/16/2024", "DD.MM.YYYY")         ---> invalid

For a list of all possible date format values, please refer to the Day.js documentation under "List of available formats" (excluding Advanced and Localized format tokens)

Date difference (DATEDIFF)

Returns the number of specified time units between two dates. It may return negative or positive numbers, based on the order of the dates.

  • Takes 3 arguments.

  • The first and second argument is a date.

  • The third argument specifies the time unit, as listed below.

"s" -- seconds
"m" -- minutes
"H" -- hours
"D" -- days
"W" -- weeks
"M" -- months
"Y" -- years
input = "01/02/2016"

[function] ---> [output]

DATEDIFF(DATE("01/31/2020"), DATE("01/31/2021"), "D")  ---> -366
DATEDIFF(DATE("01/31/2021"), DATE("01/31/2020"), "D")  ---> 366
DATEDIFF(DATE("01/31/2021"), DATE("01/31/2020"), "M")  ---> 12
DATEDIFF(DATE("01/31/2021"), DATE("01/31/2020"), "Y")  ---> 1
DATEDIFF(DATE({input}), DATE("12/30/2015"), "D")       ---> 3

Date compute (DATE_COMPUTE)

Takes a date and adds or subtracts a specified time.

  • Takes 2 arguments.

  • The first argument is a date (obtained from DATE or NOW).

  • The second argument is the number of days to add.

input = "12/01/2021"
[function] ---> [output]

DATE_COMPUTE(DATE("12/01/2021"), "+20") ---> "2021-12-21"
DATE_COMPUTE(DATE({input}), +20)        ---> "2021-12-21"
DATE_COMPUTE(DATE("12/30/2021"), "-20") ---> "2021-12-10"

DATE_COMPUTE(DATE("12/01/2021"))        ---> invalid
DATE_COMPUTE()                          ---> invalid

Date Time compute (DATETIME_COMPUTE)

Takes a date and adds or subtracts a specified time unit.

  • Takes 3 arguments.

  • The first argument is a date (obtained from DATE or NOW).

  • The second argument is the number of units to add.

  • Third argument specifies units (s= seconds, h= hours, M= month, m= minutes, y= years)

Output date format is: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss

input = "12/01/2021"
[function] ---> [output]

DATETIME_COMPUTE(DATE("12/01/2021 14:44 GMT+02:00", "DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm Z"), "+24", "h") ---> "2021-01-13T12:44:00"
DATETIME_COMPUTE(DATE({input}, "DD/MM/YYYY"), "+24", "m") ---> "2021-01-11T23:24:00"
DATETIME_COMPUTE(DATE("12/30/2021", "MM/DD/YYYY"), "-24", "h") ---> "2021-12-28T23:00:00"
DATETIME_COMPUTE(DATE("2002-11-25T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s"),"2","s") --> "2002-11-25T11:45:32"

//Example with timestamp
DATETIME_COMPUTE(DATE("1710510160000", "x"), "6", "h")

DATETIME_COMPUTE(DATE("12/01/2021", "DD/MM/YYYY"))  ---> invalid
DATETIME_COMPUTE()                          ---> invalid

Notice that all return values are in UTC format. For the precise calculation specify date format in DATE function.

Day (DAY)

Returns day from date

Takes 1 argument

The arguments must be a DATE object. Use the DATE function.

[function] ---> [output]

DAY(DATE("12-31-2025 GMT")) => 31

Month (MONTH)

Gets the month of the year for a given date.

  • Takes 1 argument.

  • The argument is a date (obtained from DATE or NOW).

input = "12/01/2021"
[function] ---> [output]

MONTH(DATE("12/01/2021"))            --> 12
MONTH(DATE({input}))                 --> 12

MONTH()                              --> invalid

Year (YEAR)

Gets the year of a given date.

  • Takes 1 argument.

  • The argument is a date (obtained from DATE or NOW).

input = "12/01/2021"

[function] ---> [output]

YEAR(DATE("12/31/2015"))            --> 2015
YEAR(DATE({input}))                 --> 2021

YEAR()                              --> invalid

Weekday (WEEKDAY)

Finds the day of the week of the given date.

  • Takes 1 argument.

  • The argument is a date (obtained from DATE or NOW).

The WEEKDAY function returns a number from 0 (meaning Sunday) to 6 (meaning Saturday).

input = "12/01/2021"

[function] ---> [output]

WEEKDAY(DATE("09/05/2022"))        --> 1 (Monday)
WEEKDAY(DATE({input}))             --> 3 (Wednesday)

WEEKDAY()                          --> invalid

Date Max (DATE_MAX)

Gets the maximum of inputted dates.

  • Takes 1 argument.

  • The argument is an array (or spread) date (obtained from DATE or NOW).

[function] ---> [output]

DATE_MAX(
    DATE("2002-11-25T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s"), 
    DATE("2002-11-29T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s")
) --> "2002-11-29T11:45:30"

DATE_MAX([
    DATE("2002-11-25T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s"), 
    DATE("2002-11-29T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s")
]) --> "2002-11-29T11:45:30"

// Different date format example
DATE_MAX(
    DATE("2002/11/25 12:45:30", "YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:ss", "s"), 
    DATE("2002/11/29 12:45:30", "YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:ss", "s")
) --> "2002-11-29T11:45:30"

Date Min (DATE_MIN)

Gets the minimum of inputted dates.

  • Takes 1 argument.

  • The argument is an array (or spread) date (obtained from DATE or NOW).

[function] ---> [output]

DATE_MIN(
    DATE("2002-11-25T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s"), 
    DATE("2002-11-29T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s")
) --> "2002-11-29T11:45:30"

DATE_MIN([
    DATE("2002-11-25T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s"), 
    DATE("2002-11-29T12:45:30", "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", "s")
]) --> "2002-11-29T11:45:30"

// Different date format example
DATE_MIN(
    DATE("2002/11/25 12:45:30", "YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:ss", "s"), 
    DATE("2002/11/29 12:45:30", "YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:ss", "s")
) --> "2002-11-29T11:45:30"

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