Date function
Solution No. 139
This action allows you to find a specific date based off your starting date.
So where would we use it?
This action is useful when trying to extract certain parts of a date: the month, the day, or only the year to be used, with action results or subsequent actions.
Properties
To set the properties for this action, follow the steps below:
1. Select Date Function from the Action dropdown list.
2. Select the date value from the dropdown list.
The choices are:
- Type In – sets the condition to a value the user types in manually.
- Action Result – sets the condition to a user-defined action result.
- Value From Screen – sets the condition to a value pulled from a specific field within the specified screen.
3. If you selected Type In for Step 2, enter the predefined value and proceed to Step 4; otherwise, specify a Value in the dropdown list below.
4. Select the function from the dropdown list.
The choices are:
- Get Day of Week.
- Get Day of Month.
- Get Month of Year (Text).
- Get Month of Year (Number).
- Get First Day of Month.
- Get Last Day of Month.
- Get First Day of Year.
- Get Last Day of Year.
- Get [Choice of: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun] After.
- Get [Choice of: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun] Before.
- Get [Choice of: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun] On or After.
- Get [Choice of: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun] On or Before.
- Convert To UTC Date Time.
- Format Date.
5. Enter an Action Result name.
6. Enter Internal note (Optional).
7. Click Save & Close to save changes and close the action properties window; otherwise, click Cancel to close the window without saving.
| Created by | Saudia A. on | Oct-19-2011 |
| Last modified on | Sep-17-2015 |
