Date & Time

processing.datetime Processing v0.1.0

Formats, parses, and computes with dates — add/subtract, diff, start/end of a unit, or the current time — in any IANA timezone.

Ports

Direction	Port	Label
Input	`input`	Input
Output	`output`	Output

Properties

Property	Type	Default	Description
Operation `operation`	`select`	`"format"`	What to do with the date: format it as text, parse text into a date, add/subtract time, diff two dates, snap to the start/end of a unit, or emit the current time. `formatparseaddsubtractdiffstartOfendOfnow`
Input field `inputField`	`string`	`—`	Dot-path to the date value to read. Leave blank to use the payload itself. Shown when `(operation ?? "format") !== "now"`
Output field `outputField`	`string`	`—`	Dot-path to write the result to. Leave blank to write back over the input location (for now: the payload).
Timezone `timezone`	`string`	`—`	IANA timezone the operation is evaluated in, e.g. America/New_York. Leave blank for UTC.
Format `format`	`string`	`"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"`	Tokens: yyyy MM dd HH mm ss SSS, MMM (short month), EEE (short weekday), [literal] in square brackets. Special: "x" = epoch milliseconds (number), "iso" = ISO-8601. Parse with a blank format auto-accepts ISO strings and epoch numbers. Now honors this too (blank = ISO).
Amount `amount`	`int`	`1`	How many units to add or subtract. Shown when `operation === "add" \|\| operation === "subtract"`
Unit `unit`	`select`	`"days"`	Unit for add/subtract, the diff result, or the start-of/end-of boundary. `yearsmonthsweeksdayshoursminutessecondsmilliseconds` Shown when `["add", "subtract", "diff", "startOf", "endOf"].includes(operation)`
Other field `otherField`	`string`	`—`	Dot-path to the second date for diff (result = other − input, in the unit above). Shown when `operation === "diff"`

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