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Calculate due date

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This activity calculates a due date from a specified time.

This method does not change the original date value. Instead, it returns a new date whose value is the result of the calculation.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Calculate due date from this time for 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and store the result in due date time.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
this_time	DateTime variable
0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes	The number of whole days, hours, and minutes to add for the due date calculation.

Get Date property

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This activity retrieves various components from a date, including Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second, Ticks, Day of Week, Day of Year, and Week of Year, and stores them as numbers.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Get Year component from this time and store in variable.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Year	Year: Gets the year component of the date represented by this instance. Month: Gets the month component of the date represented by this instance. Day: Gets the day of the month represented by this instance. Hour: Gets the hour component of the date represented by this instance. Minute: Gets the minute component of the date represented by this instance. Second: Gets the second component of the date represented by this instance. Ticks: Gets the number of ticks that represent the date and time of this instance. Day of Week: Gets the day of the week represented by this instance (Sunday = 0 … Saturday = 6). Day of Year: Gets the day of the year represented by this instance (value between 1 and 366). Week of Year: Gets the week of the year represented by this instance (value between 1 and 52).
this time	DateTime variable

Converts Date to Text

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This activity converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent string representation using the specified format.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Convert this time to text with this format and store the result in variable.

Parameters#

Parameter	Description
this_time	DateTime variable
this format	A DateTime format string.

The following links describe the time format strings:

Converts Date from UTC to Local Time

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This activity converts the value of the current DateTime variable from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to local time in a specified time zone.

You can specify a custom time zone to improve accuracy in the time conversion.

This method does not change the original date value. Instead, it returns a new date whose value is the result of the conversion.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Convert utc time from UTC to the time zone in [Current Site] and store the result in utc_time.

Converts Date from Local Time to UTC

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This activity converts the value of the current DateTime variable from local time in the specified time zone to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

You can specify a custom time zone to improve accuracy in the time conversion.

This method does not change the original date value. Instead, it returns a new date whose value is the result of the conversion.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Convert local time from Local Time in [Current Site] time zone to UTC and store the result in utc_time.

Set Date constant

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This activity sets a DateTime constant, such as Now, UTC Now, Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Beginning of this Week, End of this Week, etc., to a variable.

The activity stores the time constant in a variable, allowing you to use the correct time in other workflow actions. The table below shows all constants, descriptions, and sample results, assuming the current time is February 12, 2010, 16:20 (UTC+2:00).

Name	Description	Example
Now	The current date and time on this computer, expressed as local time.	12 February 2010 16:20
UtcNow	The current date and time on this computer, expressed as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).	12 February 2010 14:20
Today	The current date.	12 February 2010 00:00
Yesterday	The previous day’s date.	13 February 2010 00:00
Tomorrow	The next day’s date.	14 February 2010 00:00
Begin of this Week	The beginning of the current week. Note: Sunday is the first day of the week.	7 February 2010 23:59
End of this Week	The end of the current week. Note: Saturday is the last day of the week.	13 February 2010 00:00
Begin of this Month	The beginning of the current month.	1 February 2010 00:00
End of this Month	The end of the current month.	28 February 2010 23:59
Begin of this Year	The beginning of the current year.	1 January 2010 00:00
End of this Year	The end of the current year.	31 December 2010 23:59

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Set DateTime constant Now to variable.