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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 by themselves; at least one function from another group, referencing the host item, must be included in the expression (except the nodata function). For detailed information on how date and time functions work within expressions, see Calculation time.

FUNCTION
Description Function-specific parameters Comments
date
Current date in YYYYMMDD format. Example:
=> date()<20220101
dayofmonth
Day of month in range of 1 to 31. Example:
=> dayofmonth()=1
dayofweek
Day of week in range of 1 to 7 (Mon - 1, Sun - 7). Example (only weekdays):
=> dayofweek()<6

Example (only weekend):
=> dayofweek()>5
now
Number of seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970). Example:
=> now()<1640998800
time
Current time in HHMMSS format. Example (only nighttime, 00:00-06:00):
=> time()<060000