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Version: 8.5

Temporal functions

now()​

Returns the current date and time including the timezone.

Function signature

now(): date and time

Examples

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

today()​

Returns the current date.

Function signature

today(): date

Examples

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

day of week(date)​

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

Function signature

day of week(date: date): string
day of week(date: date and time): string

Examples

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

day of week(date and time("2019-09-17T12:00:00"))
// "Tuesday"

day of year(date)​

Returns the Gregorian number of the day within the year.

Function signature

day of year(date: date): number
day of year(date: date and time): number

Examples

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

day of year(date and time("2019-09-17T12:00:00"))
// 260

week of year(date)​

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

Function signature

week of year(date: date): number
week of year(date: date and time): number

Examples

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

week of year(date and time("2019-09-17T12:00:00"))
// 38

month of year(date)​

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

Function signature

month of year(date: date): string
month of year(date: date and time): string

Examples

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

month of year(date and time("2019-09-17T12:00:00"))
// "September"

abs(n)​

Returns the absolute value of a given duration.

Function signature

abs(n: days and time duration): days and time duration
abs(n: years and months duration): years and months duration

Examples

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

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

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

last day of month(date)​

Camunda Extension

Takes the month of the given date or date-time value and returns the last day of this month.

Function signature

last day of month(date: date): date
last day of month(date: date and time): date

Examples

last day of month(date("2022-10-01"))
// date("2022-10-31"))

last day of month(date and time("2022-10-16T12:00:00"))
// date("2022-10-31"))