Date and time functions - Cloud

Talend Data Shaping Language Reference Guide
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Cloud
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Talend Cloud
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Data Shaping Language
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Design and Development

The following functions can be used to perform operations on dates, times and datetimes.

Function Description Arguments Example
addToDateTime Adds an amount of time to a datetime.
  1. Unit to add as a string:
    • Year, Years, Y or u for years
    • Month, Months, M or L for months
    • Week, Weeks or W for weeks
    • Day, Days or d for days
    • Hour, Hours or H for hours
    • Minute, Minutes or m for minutes
    • Second, Seconds or s for seconds
    • Millisecond, Milliseconds or A for milliseconds
  2. Amount to add as a long. It can be a negative value to subtract an amount of time.
  3. Input datetime.
 Expression: addToDateTime("M", -1, "2021-03-21T10:19:26.214+02:00")

Result: 2021-02-21T10:19:26.214+02:00

extractFromDateTime Extracts part of a datetime or date. If the first argument is a date, it is first converted to a datetime with the time set to noon in the local time zone.
  1. Input date or datetime.
  2. Unit to extract as a string:
    • Date for the full date
    • Time for the full time
    • Year, Years, Y or u for the year
    • Month, Months, M or L for the month
    • Week, Weeks or W for the week of month
    • Week of Year or w for the week of year
    • Day, Days or d for the day
    • Day of Year or D for the day of year
    • Day of Month for the day of month
    • Day of Week, e or E for the day of week
    • Hour, Hours or H for the hour
    • Minute, Minutes or m for the minute
    • Second, Seconds or s for the second
    • Millisecond, Milliseconds or A for the millisecond
    • TimeZone, V or z for the time zone
 Expression: extractFromDateTime("2021-03-21T10:19:26.214+02:00", "Time")

Result: 10:19:26.214

getCurrentDateTime Returns the current datetime. None Expression: getCurrentDateTime()

Possible result: 2021-04-21T10:32:44.851+02:00

parseDateTime Creates a datetime from a string.
  1. Input datetime as a string.
  2. Datetime pattern as a string:
    • yyyy for the year
    • MM for the month
    • dd for the day
    • HH for the hours
    • mm for the minutes
    • ss for the seconds
    • SSS for a fraction of a second
    • ZZZZZ for the time zone
 Expression: parseDateTime("2021-04-21T11:05:18.337+02:00", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZZZ")

Result: 2021-04-21T11:05:18.337+02:00

isToday Returns true if the input date or datetime corresponds to the current date. Input date or datetime. Expression: isToday(getCurrentDateTime())

Result: true

isTomorrow Returns true if the input date or datetime corresponds to the next day. Input date or datetime. Expression: isTomorrow(addToDateTime("d", 1, getCurrentDateTime()))

Result: true

isYesterday Returns true if the input date or datetime corresponds to the previous day. Input date or datetime. Expression: isYesterday(addToDateTime("d", -1, getCurrentDateTime()))

Result: true