days
days(nDays: Number): Period
Creates a Period value from the provided number of days.
The function applies the period function to input that is a whole number
and the duration function to decimal input.
Introduced in DataWeave version 2.4.0.
Parameters
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
|
The number of hours as a whole or decimal number. A positive or negative number is valid. |
Example
This example shows how days behaves with different inputs. It
adds and subtracts hours from DateTime values. It also converts the
decimal value 4.555 into a number of hours, minutes, and second in
the Period format (PT109H19M12S) and the whole number 4 into a
number of days in the Period format (P4D).
Source
%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Periods
output application/json
---
{
tomorrow: |2020-10-05T20:22:34.385Z| + days(1),
yesterday: |2020-10-05T20:22:34.385Z| - days(1),
decimalDaysPlusQuarter: |2020-10-05T00:00:00.000Z| + days(0.25),
decimalDaysPlusHalf: |2020-10-05T00:00:00.000Z| + days(0.5),
decimalDaysPlusThreeQuarters: |2020-10-05T00:00:00.000Z| + days(0.75),
decimalInputAsPeriod : days(4.555),
fourDayPeriod: days(4),
negativeValue: days(-1)
}Output
{
"tomorrow": "2020-10-06T20:22:34.385Z",
"yesterday": "2020-10-04T20:22:34.385Z",
"decimalDaysPlusQuarter": "2020-10-05T06:00:00Z",
"decimalDaysPlusHalf": "2020-10-05T12:00:00Z",
"decimalDaysPlusThreeQuarters": "2020-10-05T18:00:00Z",
"decimalInputAsPeriod": "PT109H19M12S",
"fourDayPeriod": "P4D",
"negativeValue": "P-1D"
}