Set date range as text

Description

Set a start and end date in text

Input Ports

Name	dataType	sourceType	required	description
Initial	text	link-manual	true	The initial date that should be used
Format	text	link-manual	true	The format of the output dates
Direction	text	manual-only	true	The direction of the date from the initial date, can be backwards or forwards
Time option	text	manual-only	true	Options to go backward or forward a day, week, month, year or month range
Timespan	number	link-manual	true	The amount of time from the initial date that it should go backward or forward

Scenarios

• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 days prior to now
• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 days prior from now
• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 weeks prior to now
• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 weeks prior from now
• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 months prior to now
• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 months prior from now
• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 years prior to now
• The user wants to set a date range that needs to be 3 years prior from now
• The user wants to set a month range that needs to be 1 month prior to now
• The user wants to set a month range that needs to be 1 month prior from now

Use case

Inputs

• Initial: none
• format: YYYY-MM-DD
• Direction: forward
• Time option: month
• Timespan: 4

Experienced tips

• If the initial date is empty, the process will continue and use todays date as the initial date
• If the format is empty, the process will continue and use YYYY-MM-DD as the default format

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