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
Process Autoscaling	Compatible

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