How can I create a custom field to count down the number of days to end without using an add-in?

Frank Collazo

I need to be able to calculate number of days to end date. Whole number and without an add-in. What good is Jira if everything requires and add-in?

Atlassian third party add-in make it very difficult for military users, they have to request permission to add the add-in and this delays testing and roll out. 

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @Frank Collazo 

Are you using Jira Server or Jira Data Center?

What version of the product are you using? You can version information at the bottom of many pages, including the Login screen and Dashboard screens. The information will look something like this:

• Atlassian Jira Project Management Software (v9.4.9#940009-

With Jira Data Center of certain versions there is an Automation feature included automatically and for free. I think that started with version 9.x.

For older versions back to 8.20.0 you can manually install the app, still for free.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215460/automation-for-jira?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview

With that app you could be able to construct a rule to execute the calculation, and you could store that in a custom field in the issue.

For Jira Server there was also an optional Automation Lite version of the app that you could install for free, which I believe you can still install by going to the Version History page and downloading the JAR file.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211836/automation-for-jira-server-lite/version-history