update

Description

Allows users to add days, hours, minutes and seconds to a certain date.

Input / Parameter

Name	Description	Input Type	Default	Options	Required
date	The reference date to be updated.	Text	-	-	Yes
dateFormat	The date and/or time format to use.	Text	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss	yyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss, yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm:ss, y, M, d, h, H, m, s, S, E, z	No
value	The value to be added to the date.	Number	-	-	Yes
interval	The type of time interval to be added to the date.	Text	Days	Days, Years, Months, Weeks, Hours, Minutes, Seconds	No

Supported date pattern letters

Years:

• YYYY: 4-digit year (e.g., 2021)

• YY: 2-digit year (e.g., 21 for 2021)

Months:

• MMMM: Full month name (e.g., January, February)

• MMM: Short month name (e.g., Jan, Feb)

• MM: Month as a 2-digit number (01 for January)

• M: Month as a number (1 for January)

Days:

• DD: Day of the month as a 2-digit number (e.g., 09)

• D: Day of the month as a number (e.g., 9)

• dddd: Full day name (e.g., Monday, Tuesday)

• ddd: Short day name (e.g., Mon, Tue)

Hours:

• HH: Hours (24-hour clock) as a 2-digit number

• H: Hours (24-hour clock) as a number

• hh: Hours (12-hour clock) as a 2-digit number

• h: Hours (12-hour clock) as a number

Minutes:

• mm: Minutes as a 2-digit number

• m: Minutes as a number

Seconds:

• ss: Seconds as a 2-digit number

• s: Seconds as a number

AM/PM:

• A: AM/PM uppercase

• a: am/pm lowercase

Time Zone:

• Z: UTC offset (e.g., +07:00)

• ZZ: UTC offset in a compact format (e.g., +0700)

Output

Description	Output Type
Returns the updated date including the type of time interval(s) selected.	Text

Example

In this example, we will add 1 day to a date and print the updated date in the console.

Step

1. Drag a button component into the canvas and open the Action tab. Select the press event of the button and drag the Log.write function to the event flow.

2. Call the function DateTime.update inside the Log.write function.

3. Sample parameters are shown in the picture below.

   

Result

1. The console will print the updated date.