Smart Value: Time to Resolution with decimals

Question

Hi,

I have a Jira automation in which I create a variable that calculates the time difference between 'issue.created' and 'issue.resolutiondate' to provide me with the "Time to Resolution" in hours and days respectively. Here is what it currently looks like:

This is working fine, but I noticed that when the time to resolution is less than 24 hours, the time to resolution in days is just 0.
I would like to adjust the above code so that the output uses 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.25.

I've went through the smart value documentation but wasn't able to find any formatting for decimal places.

Thanks for your help.

Bill Sheboy · Accepted Answer

Hi @Luca Schernbeck -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

The diff() function for date / time values always returns an integer value...and I believe may use some floor, ceiling, or rounding, based upon the units of measure for the diff.

When you want the fractional part, you could use a smaller unit of measure and a math operation to adjust the display: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-math-expressions/#Functions

For example, to get the fractional days to a second resolution:

{{#=}}ROUND( {{issue.created.diff(issue.resolutiondate).seconds}} / 86400, 2){{/}}

And if you need that value to always display 2 digits of precision, you could first store that value with Create Variable, and then pretty print it with format():

Kind regards,
Bill