Java type java.util.Date not currently supported. Sorry.

[Roy Chapman]

I am trying to set a custom date field in JIRA in a post function, using the Script Runner.  A snippet of the code below.  This tries to create an "SLA Date" of 5 working days from now (this is a claculated field from previous code, I have tried to keep the snippet to a minimum.  When it executes I get the message "Java type java.util.Date not currently supported. Sorry.".  It is evidently the final line that is failing.

My questions

Is this the correct way to set a date field (I have tried Date and Data and Time types)?

The section to increment the date by 5 days comes from the another answer.  is this correct?

sla = 5

Date result = today;
def newDate

int i = 0 ;
while (i < sla) {
result = result + 1
newDate = new Date(result.getTime())
if (newDate[Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK] == Calendar.SATURDAY || newDate[Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK] == Calendar.SUNDAY) {
sla ++;
}

i ++;
}

def cf = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObjectByName("SLA Date")

issue.setCustomFieldValue(cf, newDate)

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_ · Accepted solution]

Hi Roy,

The logic seems right, if you want to skip weekends. 

The only thing you have to change is the last line and I repost your code with few minor changes

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue

def issue = issue as MutableIssue
def sla = 5, i = 0
Date result = new Date(), newDate

while (i < sla) {
    result = result + 1
    newDate = new Date(result.getTime())
    if (newDate[Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK] == Calendar.SATURDAY || newDate[Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK] == Calendar.SUNDAY) {
        sla ++
    }

    i ++
}

def cf = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObjectByName("First DateTime")

// the date field expects a Timespamp 
issue.setCustomFieldValue(cf, newDate.toTimestamp())

Please let me know if this does the trick.

Kind regards, Thanos

[Roy Chapman]

Perfect, thanks.  Just what I was looking for.