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3 Date and time functions

All functions listed here are supported in:

Date and time functions cannot be used in the expression alone; at least one non-time-based function referencing the host item must be present in the expression.

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Function Description
date The current date in YYYYMMDD format.
dayofmonth The day of month in range of 1 to 31.
dayofweek The day of week in range of 1 to 7.
now The number of seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970).
time The current time in HHMMSS format.

Function details

date

The current date in YYYYMMDD format.

Example:

date()<20220101
dayofmonth

The day of month in range of 1 to 31.

Example:

dayofmonth()=1
dayofweek

The day of week in range of 1 to 7 (Mon - 1, Sun - 7).

Example (only weekdays):

dayofweek()<6

Example (only weekend):

dayofweek()>5
now

The number of seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970).

Example:

now()<1640998800
time

The current time in HHMMSS format.

Example (only nighttime, 00:00-06:00):

time()<060000

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