Temporal functions

now()

Returns the current date and time including the timezone.

• parameters: no
• result: date-time with timezone

now()
// date and time("2020-07-31T14:27:30@Europe/Berlin")

today()

Returns the current date.

• parameters: no
• result: date

today()
// date("2020-07-31")

day of week()

Returns the day of the week according to the Gregorian calendar. Note that it always returns the English name of the day.

• parameters:
  • date: date/date-time
• result: string

day of week(date("2019-09-17"))
// "Tuesday"

day of year()

Returns the Gregorian number of the day within the year.

• parameters:
  • date: date/date-time
• result: number

day of year(date("2019-09-17"))
// 260

week of year()

Returns the Gregorian number of the week within the year, according to ISO 8601.

• parameters:
  • date: date/date-time
• result: number

week of year(date("2019-09-17"))
// 38

month of year()

Returns the month of the week according to the Gregorian calendar. Note that it always returns the English name of the month.

• parameters:
  • date: date/date-time
• result: string

month of year(date("2019-09-17"))
// "September"

abs()

Returns the absolute value of a given duration.

• parameters:
  • n: days-time-duration/years-months-duration
• result: duration

abs(duration("-PT5H"))
// "duration("PT5H")"

abs(duration("PT5H"))
// "duration("PT5H")"

abs(duration("-P2M"))
// duration("P2M")