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Question

Hi guys,

I'm trying to beautify dates or simplify or whatever you call it. Instead of showing absolute datetime like 2019-01-01T08:00:00, it would be better if I show 5 days ago or Yesterday or 5 minutes ago and the likes.

I am using Scriptrunner for JIRA and it is using groovy scripts. For .net I can use moment.js but not too sure for groovy script. If possible I do not want to do it the hard way and have hundred lines of code/logic just to translate absolute datetime to relative datetime.

Any kind soul knows how to do this?

Daz Daz · Answer

Thanks for the reply but it is not what  am looking for. I do not intend to relativize all the datetimes in jira. I only want certain datetime/field/values to be relative dates.

I am currently using Scriptrunner for JIRA to make a custom field. I currently have a datetime value like 2019-01-01T08:00:00 and I want to relativize it and display the value on that custom field so that it appears as 5 minutes ago for example.

Sid_kvhzt3 · Answer

hi @Daz Daz,

* Shut down your JIRA applications
* Navigate to $JIRA_HOME
* Edit the file: jira-config.properties
* modify the following line:

jira.lf.date.relativize = true

* Save the file

* Restart your JIRA applications

this should bring back what you are looking for, Let me know if this solves