Change the Date Time format when reading issue information.

[Nathan Hutchins]

I have a custom issue field that is a Date Time Picker. I then send an email and use that date time in the email, however the format is a little strange and I am wondering if I am able to display it differently?

Currently how I read it in Jira Automation:
{{issue.Return Date}}

How it displays: 
2022-03-11T19:30:00.0+0000

I want to try and display it like: 2022-03-11 11:00 am
I also just now noticed that it's in a different time zone too. I want it in PST

Any ideas on how I can do this?

[Stefan Salzl · Accepted solution]

Hi @Nathan Hutchins 

the following pattern should do the format as expected:

{{now.convertToTimeZone("PST8PDT").format("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm a")}}

see documentation to date/time smart values:
https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-date-and-time/

Please let me know if this works.

Best
Stefan

[Nathan Hutchins]

Perfect! Thank you very much. 

[Stefan Salzl]

You are welcome 😉🙌