[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time with Formatting API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to [Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time with the Formatting API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the [Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time action
1. Connect your Formatting account
2. Configure Input Date
3. Optional- Select a Input Format
4. Select a Operation
5. Configure Duration
6. Optional- Select a Output Format
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time on Formatting

Description:Add or subtract time from a given input

Version:0.0.5

Key:formatting-add-subtract-time

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Code#

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import app from "../../app/formatting.app.mjs";
import commonDateTime from "../../common/date-time/commonDateTime.mjs";
import { DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP, DEFAULT_FORMAT_VALUE, } from "../../common/date-time/dateFormats.mjs";
import { DATE_TIME_UNITS } from "../../common/date-time/dateTimeUnits.mjs";
import sugar from "sugar";
const OPERATION_OPTIONS = {
    ADD: "Add",
    SUBTRACT: "Subtract",
};
export default defineAction({
    ...commonDateTime,
    name: "[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time",
    description: "Add or subtract time from a given input",
    key: "formatting-add-subtract-time",
    version: "0.0.5",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        ...commonDateTime.props,
        operation: {
            label: "Operation",
            description: "Whether to add or subtract time.",
            type: "string",
            options: Object.values(OPERATION_OPTIONS),
        },
        duration: {
            label: "Duration",
            description: "The duration for the operation. You can use the shorthand duration, for example: `1s`, `1m`, `1h`, `1d`, `1w`, `1y` equal one second, minute, hour, day, week, and year respectively",
            type: "string",
        },
        outputFormat: {
            propDefinition: [
                app,
                "outputFormat",
            ],
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...commonDateTime.methods,
        getOperationMilliseconds(str) {
            let result = 0;
            const { second, minute, hour, day, week, year, } = DATE_TIME_UNITS;
            Object.entries({
                s: second,
                m: minute,
                h: hour,
                d: day,
                w: week,
                y: year,
            }).forEach(([identifier, multiplier,]) => {
                const substr = str.match(new RegExp(`[0-9]+\\s*${identifier}`))?.[0];
                if (substr) {
                    const value = Number(substr.match(/[0-9]+/));
                    result += value * multiplier;
                }
            });
            return result;
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const { operation, duration, outputFormat, } = this;
        const dateObj = this.getDateFromInput();
        const value = dateObj.valueOf();
        let amount = this.getOperationMilliseconds(duration);
        if (operation === OPERATION_OPTIONS.SUBTRACT)
            amount *= -1;
        const result = value + amount;
        const format = outputFormat ?? this.inputFormat ?? DEFAULT_FORMAT_VALUE;
        try {
            const { outputFn } = DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP.get(format);
            const output = outputFn(sugar.Date.create(result));
            $.export("$summary", `Successfully ${operation === OPERATION_OPTIONS.SUBTRACT
                ? "subtracted"
                : "added"} time`);
            return output;
        }
        catch (err) {
            console.log("Error parsing date", err);
            throw new ConfigurationError("**Parse error** - check your input and if the selected format is correct.");
        }
    },
});

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Formatting	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Formatting app.
Input Date	`inputDate`	`string`	A valid date string, in the format selected in Input Format. If the format is not set, Pipedream will attempt to infer it using the parser from Sugar Date library.
Input Format	`inputFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000`
Operation	`operation`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`AddSubtract`
Duration	`duration`	`string`	The duration for the operation. You can use the shorthand duration, for example: `1s`, `1m`, `1h`, `1d`, `1w`, `1y` equal one second, minute, hour, day, week, and year respectively
Output Format	`outputFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000`