Date and Time Utilities

Overview

This plug-in aims to eliminate the need for custom date and time calculation rules. It contains many functions for common date and time manipulation, with an emphasis on the Appian Date and Time data type. It uses Java's native Date and Calendar classes so it is fast and of minimal size.  The functions are listed below and also covered in greater detail in the document included in the file download.

• Adding Units of Time
  • addYears
  • addMonths
  • addDays
  • addHours
  • addMinutes
  • addSeconds
• Subtracting Units of Time
  • subtractYears
  • subtractMonths
  • subtractDays
  • subtractHours
  • subtractMinutes
  • subtractSeconds
• Comparisons
  • sameYear
  • sameMonth
  • sameDay
  • sameHour
  • sameMinute
  • sameSecond
• Elapsed Time
  • elapsedTime
  • elapsedYears
  • elapsedMonths
  • elapsedDays
  • elapsedHours
  • elapsedMinutes
  • elapsedSeconds
  • elapsedMillis
• Text Parsing
  • isValidDate
  • parseDate
• ISO 8601 Conversion
  • toIsoDateString
  • fromIsoDateString
• Retrieval
  • nowWithParameter