calculateTimeDiff (time)

Purpose

The calculateTimeDiff task calculates the difference between two timestamps and returns the result between them as a duration.

Potential Use Case

You could use the calculateTimeDiff task if you need to determine the remaining time (or elapsed time) between a recorded timestamp and today's date.

Properties

Examples

Example 1

In this IAP example:

• The firstTime property is provided by the output of addDuration, another another task located elsewhere in the workflow. The reference variable provided by the other task is newtime.

• The secondTime property is provided by the output of another task (referred to here as getTime) and the reference variable is time.

• For this example, let's say the incoming value of secondTime is less than the incoming value of firstTime. Consequently, the outgoing timeDiff value will be a positive time reference such as: There are 'X' number of days between now and the future date.

  

Example 2

In this IAP example:

• The firstTime property is provided by the output of getTime, another task located elsewhere in the workflow. The reference variable provided by the other task is time.

• The secondTime property is provided by the output of another task (referred to here as addDuration) and the reference variable is newTime.

• For this example, let's say the incoming value of secondTime is greater than the incoming value of firstTime. Consequently, the outgoing timeDiff value will be a negative time reference such as: The elapsed time since the firstTime deadline was surpassed by secondTime.