edate() Function

Function

edate( starting_date, months )

Returns the date that is the number of months before or after the given starting date.

Parameters

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

Returns

Date

Examples

edate(date(2011,12,13),-6) returns 6/13/11

Feature compatibility

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

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
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	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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