useredate() Function

Function

useredate( start_date, months )

Returns the date that is the number of months before or after the given starting date in the user preferred calendar.

Keyword	Type	Description
`start_date`	Date	The starting date.
`months`	Number	The number of months to offset, where negative is before starting_date and positive is after start_date.

Date

You can copy and paste these examples into the Expression Rule Designer to see how this works.

useredate(11/20/2006, -6) returns 05/20/2006

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Partially compatible	Can be used with Appian Portals if it is connected using an integration and web API.
Offline Mobile	Partially compatible	Can be used with offline mobile if it is loaded at the top of the form.
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

useredate() Function