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Artem Goutsoul
Artem Goutsoul

Reputation: 753

How can one check today's day of the week in Youtrack Workflow

I would like a certain schedule rule (with notifications) to be executed only during work days. I.e. I would like to avoid receiving notifications on Saturdays and Sundays. How can I check for a current day of the week in YouTrack Workflow?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1245

Answers (4)

Iruwen
Iruwen

Reputation: 11

Probably the shortest solution specifically for avoiding weekends, as Saturday and Sunday are the only days beginning with an uppercase 'S':

if(!now.format(#E).startsWith("S", opts)) {}

/e: as Artem correctly pointed out, this may have to be adopted or does not work for certain localizations - it does at least for German and English.

Upvotes: 0

AlexH
AlexH

Reputation: 2700

I faced the same issue, I didn't find the previous solutions readable. The solution I've implemented:

var today = now.format(utc).substring(0, 3); 
if (today == "Mon" || today == "Tue" || today == "Wed" || today == "Thu" || today == "Fri") { 
  message("Work day!"); 
}

Upvotes: 2

ikovrigin
ikovrigin

Reputation: 41

Using format you can get day of week abbreviation or full name.

var dayOfWeekAbr = now.format(#E);
var dayOfWeek = now.format(#EEEE);

Or using year-month-day literal (2014-01-05 was Sunday):

var day = (created - 2014-01-05).millis / 86400000 % 7; 
if (day > 1 && day < 6) { 
  message("Work day"); 
}

Upvotes: 3

moic
moic

Reputation: 21

There isn't built-in YouTrack workflow mechanism of defining a current day of week, but the simple workaround allows to do it:

schedule rule day of week

daily at 10:00:00 [for all issues] { 
  var monday = {issue: A-1}.created - 1 day; 

  while (i < 50) { 
    if (monday + (i * 7) days < now && now < monday + (i * 7 + 5) days) { 
      //now is the work day
  }
}

The issue A-1 is a sample issue created on Tuesday, so {issue: A-1}.created - 1 day refers to the Monday.

The while cycle finds the current week and if() defines whether today is a work day or a weekend.

Upvotes: 2

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