I need a custom field to show the age of an issue , can that be configured in Jira 4.3

[Radha Srinivasan]

I need a field that does something like Age = now () - create date . Is it possible to add such a custom field in Jira 4.3? If not is there a plugin that will allow such a custom field to be added?

[Wojciech Seliga]

I am not aware of such plugin.

I see a simple solution: write your own plugin with a custom field basing on com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.CalculatedCFType. With this approch you will end up with two dates actually showing effectively the same stuff (creation date and the age). Also https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-12958 talks about eactly the same stuff.

Alternatively, if you want change the way how JIRA does stuff (instead of adding a field)) you can change the way how creation date is displayed in view issue screen. Newest versions of JIRA use jira-view-issue-plugin to render fields (take a look at jira-components/jira-plugins/jira-view-issue-plugin/src/main/resources/viewissue/datesblock.vm). But that will not change the way how Issue Navigator displays dates.

[JamieA]

Calculated custom fields are only updated when the issue is modified (or you reindex). Might be easier to write a report or gadget which shows the age, rather than using a custom field.