Date functions

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Date functions

Formfacade provides built-in date functions that can be used to update today's date, add or subtract dates & more. Here's the list of date functions:

DATE

Date function can be used to convert a year, month and day into a date.

Syntax:
DATE(year, month, day)

where

  • year - the year component of the date
  • month - the month component of the date
  • day - the day component of the date

Example usage:
DATE(2020, 9, 25)
DATE(2020, 12, 12)

TODAY

Today function returns the current date.

Syntax:
TODAY()

NOW

NOW function returns the current date and time.

Syntax:
NOW()

ADD

Add function can be used to add seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years to a date or date & time question.

Syntax:
inputdate.add(number, term)

where

  • inputdate - the date to consider in the calculation. This can be date or date & time question or a formula that returns a date or date & time
  • number - a number value that must be added to the date or date & time
  • term - determines whether to add seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years

Example usage:
TODAY().add(3,"days")
TODAY().add(6,"months")
TODAY().add(2,"years")
NOW().add(3,"hours")
NOW().add(25,"minutes")
NOW().add(10,"seconds")

SUBTRACT

Subtract function can be used to subtract seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years to a date or date & time question.

Syntax:
inputdate.subtract(number, term)

where

  • inputdate - the date to consider in the calculation. This can be date or date & time question or a formula that returns a date or date & time
  • number - a number value that must be subtracted from the date or date & time
  • term - determines whether to subtract seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years

Example usage:
TODAY().subtract(3,"days")
TODAY().subtract(6,"months")
TODAY().subtract(2,"years")
NOW().subtract(3,"hours")
NOW().subtract(25,"minutes")
NOW().subtract(10,"seconds")

DIFF

Diff function calculates the number of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years between two date or date & time questions.

Syntax:
enddate.diff(startdate, unit)

where

  • enddate - The end date to consider in the calculation. This can be date or date & time question or a formula that returns a date or date & time.
  • startdate - The start date to consider in the calculation. This can be date or date & time question or a formula that returns a date or date & time.
  • unit - determines the unit of time for the result. The unit can be seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years.

Example usage:
TODAY().diff(DATE(1950,12,12),"years")
TODAY().diff(DATE(2020,06,18),"months")
TODAY().diff(DATE(2020,09,27),"days")