CreateUiDefinition date functions

The functions to use when working with date values.

addHours

Adds an integral number of hours to the specified timestamp.

The following example returns "1991-01-01T00:59:59.000Z":

"[addHours('1990-12-31T23:59:59Z', 1)]"

addMinutes

Adds an integral number of minutes to the specified timestamp.

The following example returns "1991-01-01T00:00:59.000Z":

"[addMinutes('1990-12-31T23:59:59Z', 1)]"

addSeconds

Adds an integral number of seconds to the specified timestamp.

The following example returns "1991-01-01T00:00:00.000Z":

"[addSeconds('1990-12-31T23:59:60Z', 1)]"

utcNow

Returns a string in ISO 8601 format of the current date and time on the local computer.

The following example could return "1990-12-31T23:59:59.000Z":

"[utcNow()]"

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