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Punith_8's avatar
Punith_8
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

Calculating days to a date

Hi,

 

I have a scenario where I need to add days which is stored in a variable to a date(YYYY-MM-DD) which again is stored in a variable. The way I try to add, it is concatenating with the date and not adding the days. Below is an example code.

 

import groovy.time.TimeCategory

 

use (TimeCategory){
def a= b+ c.days
log.info a
}

 

I am getting the output as 2015-09-2916 days instead of 2015-11-13

 

Thanks for the help!

  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    10 years ago

    Does the below helps?

     

    import groovy.time.TimeCategory
def pattern = 'yyyy-MM-dd'
def dateString = '2015-09-29 17:31:54.5454000 -04:00'
def b = new Date().parse(pattern,dateString)
def c = 16  
use (TimeCategory){   
    def a= b+ c.days   
    println a.format(pattern)
}
  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    Champion Level 3
    10 years ago

    Check this out and see

     

    import groovy.time.TimeCategory
def b = new Date()
def c = 16

use (TimeCategory){
  def a= b+ c.days
  println a.format('yyyy-MM-dd')
}

    Output will be

     

    2015-11-12
    • Punith_8's avatar
      Punith_8
      Occasional Contributor
      10 years ago

      Hi,

       

      Thanks for your reply. The code which you have provided works absolutely fine if the date is a new Date().

      But I am pulling a date from database through query and storing it in a variable. Like this, date = it[0]

       

      log.info date would print '2015-09-29 17:31:54.5454000 -04:00'

      def sum = 16

       def a = date + sum.days

       

      I don't get what I intend. I feel the date variable should be declared in a different way?

       

      • nmrao's avatar
        nmrao
        Champion Level 3
        10 years ago

        Does the below helps?

         

        import groovy.time.TimeCategory
def pattern = 'yyyy-MM-dd'
def dateString = '2015-09-29 17:31:54.5454000 -04:00'
def b = new Date().parse(pattern,dateString)
def c = 16  
use (TimeCategory){   
    def a= b+ c.days   
    println a.format(pattern)
}