Frequently Used Date Expressions In Pega

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 Hi,

In this post I will show some of the frequently used date expressions in pega. Before starting we will see some of the date subscripts used in date functions.




For Ex:  If date is =  05/March/2023

yyyy = Year => 2023

YYYY => 2023

MM = Month => 03

M=> 3

MMMM  ===> March

MMM ====> Mar

dd = Date/day  => 05

d ===> 5


1) pxFormatDateOnly(CurrentDateTime(),"yyyyMMdd","MM/dd/yyyy")
 
Here,

CurrentDateTime()  = 20230618T025027.005 GMT                                                                               

CurrentDateTime() returns the current date and time.

pxFormatDateOnly() = Format/reformat a Date Time string using a specified parameters.

Output = 06/18/2023 { which is 18 June 2023}




2) FormatDateTime(CurrentDateTime(),"yyyyMMdd","","")

FormatDateTime = Format/Reformat a date time string using the specified parameters.

Output = 20230617 





3) CurrentDateTime() 

To get current date time we use above function.

Output = 20230618T030048.093 GMT




4) To Get Day/Date

@FormatDateTime(CurrentDateTime(),dd,"","")

To get Day/Date in numeric format we use above expression. Here current date is 18 June 2023

Output = 18





5) To Get Year 

@FormatDateTime(CurrentDateTime(),YYYY,"","")

To get year from date we use above expression. Here, current date is 18 June 2023

Output = 2023





6) To Get Month

@FormatDateTime(CurrentDateTime(),MM,"","")

To get month in numeric format we use above expression. Here, current date is 18 June 2023.

Output = 06





7) Add Months to Date

@FormatDateTime(@addCalendar(01/21/2023,'0','3','0','0','0','0','0'),MMMM,"","")

Here, we are adding 3 months to current date which is 21 JAN 2023.

Output = March





8) Add Months to Date

@FormatDateTime(@addCalendar(01/21/2023,'0','3','0','0','0','0','0'),MM,"","")

Here, we are adding 3 months to current date which is 21 JAN 2023.

Output = 03





9) Add Days to Date

@(Pega-RULES:BusinessCalendar).addDays("20230125",10,false,"")

Here, we are adding 10 days to current date which is 25 JAN 2023.

Output = 20230204


10) getCurrentDateStamp() 

Return type of getCurrentDateStamp() is String. Get the current date in Pega format (yyyyMMdd)


Output = 20231201



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