Automation - creation of ticket with current Year and Quarter in summary field

Question

Hi all I'm sure this has previously been asked and answered, but I can't find the relevant solution

Similar post https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/Set-Start-Date-and-Due-Date-based-on-Quarter-in-Summary/qaq-p/2272357

I have an number of automations which create new tickets (And: Create a New ) every Quarter.   Q1 - Jan - March, Q2, Q3, Q4 etc - {0 0 9 10 1/3 ? *}

The ticket "Summary" has a basic description of the task to be performed.

But I want to add in a date variable    YYYY QQ ..   so it's easier to identify the period

i.e. Summary = Execute task for application  to cover period YYYY QQ

Where the period  would be  2025 Q1,    2024 Q2,  2025 Q3 etc

Terry Carter · Accepted Answer

OK Think I have just found the answer is to add this

- {{now.format("YYYY")}} Q{{now.quarter}}

Bill Sheboy · Accepted Answer

Hi @Terry Carter -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Yes, and...to the solution you are trying: what types of years are you using for your quarters, calendar-based or week-based?

* The format "YYYY" will be week-based, and so near the year boundary, the value may be different from what you expect
* The format "yyyy" will be based on the actual calendar year

For example, for the date 2025-12-31 when formatting with:

{{issue.theDateField.format("YYYY")}} will be 2026

{{issue.theDateField.format("yyyy")}} will be 2025

Kind regards,
Bill