Calculating the difference between two dates in businessDays with a Date Time Picker field

Question

Hi,

Have a problem when I calculated the difference between two dates in businessDays with a Date Time Picker field

Im trying this

Begin customfield_10XX1 and customfield_10XX2  Date Time Picker fields

Ex:

customfield_10XX1 = Wednesday 05 Feb 08:00

customfield_10XX2 = Tuesday 11 Feb 18:00

This would be 5 business Days but the result of this is {{customfield_10XX1.diff(customfield_10XX2).businessDays}} = 4

BUT If

customfield_10XX1 = Wednesday 05 Feb 00:00

customfield_10XX2 = Tuesday 11 Feb 01:00 (any time after 00:00)

This {{customfield_10XX1.diff(customfield_10XX2).businessDays}} = 5

I thought it isnt going to take time but apparently it does!

Can you help me?

I tried this too:

customfield_10XX1 = Wednesday 05 Feb 08:00

customfield_10XX2 = Tuesday 11 Feb 18:00

{{issue.customfield_10XX1.convertToTimeZone(issue.reporter.timeZone).diff(issue.customfield_10XX2.convertToTimeZone(issue.reporter.timeZone)).businessDays}} the result = 4

and

{{issue.customfield_10XX1.jiraDate.diff(issue.customfield_10XX2.JiraDate).businessDays}} = blank, nothing

Luz del Alba García Fabián · Answer

The second option doesn't work because has a weekend between the dates

The first option didn't work either because for some reason businessDays didnt take the day in course but you give me an idea and I try this

{{issue.customfield_10XX1.convertToTimeZone(issue.reporter.timeZone).toStartOfDay.diff(issue.customfield_10XX2.convertToTimeZone(issue.reporter.timeZone).toStartOfDay.plusDays(1)).businessDays}}

Setting the start of day to have control of the hours and plus 1 in the end date day to it takes the day of end too. Seens to work,

BUT  in this scenario doesn't work, and I don't know why

customfield_10XX1 = Monday 03 Mar 00:00

customfield_10XX2 = Fiday 07 Mar 23:30

2025-03-03T00:00:00.0+0100 - 2025-03-08T00:00:00.0+0100 = 4

Luz del Alba García Fabián · Answer

The second option doesn't work because has a weekend between the dates

The first option didn't work either because for some reason businessDays didnt take the day in course but you give me an idea and I try this

{{issue.customfield_10XX1.convertToTimeZone(issue.reporter.timeZone).toStartOfDay.diff(issue.customfield_10XX2.convertToTimeZone(issue.reporter.timeZone).toStartOfDay.plusDays(1)).businessDays}}

Setting the start of day to have control of the hours and plus 1 in the end date day to it takes the day of end too. Seens to work,

BUT  in this scenario doesn't work, and I don't know why

customfield_10XX1 = Monday 03 Mar 00:00

customfield_10XX2 = Fiday 07 Mar 23:30

2025-03-03T00:00:00.0+0100 - 2025-03-08T00:00:00.0+0100 = 4 
like why???

Manoj Kumar Gangwar · Answer

Hi @Luz del Alba García Fabián Welcome to the Community!

You may try below:

It converts your dates to midnight (00:00:00) before performing the diff calculation.

{{customfield_10XX1.startOfDay().diff(customfield_10XX2.startOfDay()).businessDays}}

If it does not work then try.

Assuming an 8-hour workday, this converts total work hours into business days.