---
title: "Date & Time Actions"
slug: "date-and-time-actions"
description: "This is a list of the Date & Time Actions that can be performed with RapidIdentity Connect."
tags: ["Connect", "Actions", "RapidIdentity "]
updated: 2022-06-02T20:39:26Z
published: 2022-06-02T20:39:26Z
canonical: "help.rapididentity.com/date-and-time-actions"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.rapididentity.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Date & Time Actions

## Date & Time Actions

### adjustDate

Adjust a Date object

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| date* | expression, variable | the base Date object |
| offset* | expression, variable | the amount of time to add/subtract from the date |
| unit* | choice (year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond), text, expression, variable | the adjustment unit |
| timezone | text, expression, variable | the timezone (default: current server timezone) |
| locale | text, expression, variable | the locale (default: current server locale) |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
varToday = today()
tomorrow = adjustDate(varToday, 1, "day")
yesterday = adjustDate(varToday, -1, "day")
```

### dateFromFILETIME

Convert a Windows FILETIME value to a Date/Time.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| filetime* | expression, variable | the FILETIME value to convert |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
records = getADRecords(sessionAD, Global.adBaseDN, "sub", filter,
"cn=Administrator, lastLogon")
lastLogonDateTime = dateFromFILETIME(record['lastLogon'])
```

### dateToFILETIME

Convert a Date/Time to a Windows FILETIME.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| date* | expression, variable | the Date/Time to convert |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
varNow = now()
nowFileTime = dateToFILETIME(varNow)
```

### formatDate

Format a Date object as a Date/Time String.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| date* | expression, variable | the Date object to format |
| pattern* | text, expression, variable | the Date/Time pattern |
| timezone | text, expression, variable | the timezone (default: current server timezone) |
| locale | text, expression, variable | the locale (default: current server locale) |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
varNow = now()
nowLDAP = formatDate(varNow, "yyyyMMddhhmmssZ")
```

### now

Get the current Date/Time as a Date object.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
varNow = now()
```

### parseDate

Parse a Date/Time string into a Date.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dateString* | text, expression, variable | the Date/Time string to parse |
| pattern* | text, expression, variable | the Date/Time pattern |
| timezone | text, expression, variable | the timezone (default: current server timezone) |
| locale | text, expression, variable | the locale (default: current server locale) |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
record = getLDAPRecord(ldapConnection, "cn=admin,ou=users,
ou=system,o=meta", "modifyTimestamp")
modificationTime = parseDate(record['modifyTimestamp'],
"yyyyMMddhhmmssZ")
```

### today

Get the current Date as a Date object.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| timezone | text, expression, variable | the timezone (default: current server timezone) |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
varToday = today()
```

### truncateDate

Truncate a Date/Time to a unit boundary.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| date* | expression, variable | the base Date object |
| unit* | choice (year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second), text, expression, variable | the boundary units |
| timezone | text, expression, variable | the timezone (default: current server timezone) |
| locale | text, expression, variable | the locale (default: current server locale) |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
varToday = today()
varYear = truncateDate(varToday, "year")
varMonth = truncateDate(varToday, "month")
```