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How do I set absolute date to Due Date with Automation's smart values

victor_kuzmychov

I have a date in a form of string e.g. "05-05-2024"

How do I set this as Due Date? I tried different takes on it but still can't find the right way. Documentation only describes how to set relative dates which is not my case

I tried so far:

etc, non worked

Accepted answers

Ste Wright

Hi @victor_kuzmychov

This should work (assuming the string is in a text field):

Trigger: <trigger here>
Action: Create variable
- Name = textToDate
- {{issue.customfield_10123.toDate("dd-MM-yyyy")}}
Action: Edit issue
- Field = Due Date
  - Value = {{textToDate}}

You'll need to...

Add an appropriate trigger
Update the custom field ID to match your text field
Ensure the date format matches (05-05 could be dd/MM or MM/dd)

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Assuming I understood the need, let us know if this works!

Ste

All comments

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @victor_kuzmychov

Why not use the Pick A Date option?

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Walter Buggenhout

Hi @victor_kuzmychov,

There is something strange about your question. If you want to set a fixed date, you don't need to use smart values, you can just specify the date in the due date field in your automation rule:

Screenshot 2024-03-22 at 15.47.33.png

But that would not make much sense as a requirement, wouldn't it? You would be entering the same due date every time. So something tells me you do need something dynamic after all. What am I missing here?

Walter Buggenhout

If you want to copy the data of one custom field to due date, you need to reference that field in your smart value. Suppose your field is called "Some date", your smart value would look like this:

{{issue.Some date}}

(referencing the exact name of the field).

Ste Wright

Hi @victor_kuzmychov

This should work (assuming the string is in a text field):

Trigger: <trigger here>
Action: Create variable
- Name = textToDate
- {{issue.customfield_10123.toDate("dd-MM-yyyy")}}
Action: Edit issue
- Field = Due Date
  - Value = {{textToDate}}

You'll need to...

Add an appropriate trigger
Update the custom field ID to match your text field
Ensure the date format matches (05-05 could be dd/MM or MM/dd)

---

Assuming I understood the need, let us know if this works!

Ste

victor_kuzmychov

This sounds pretty close but still doesn't work yet

I will clarify my needs:

My date is coming not from a custom field but from a fixVersion name. I successfully extract that part by

I know it works as I set this value to Description.

I created a variable out of it and then set it to Due Date but I get error:

Failed to get value for issue.fields.fixVersions.name.substring(0,10).toDate("dd-MM-yyyy": {{issue.fields.fixVersions.name.substring(0,10).toDate("dd-MM-yyyy"}}