Date Shift Operator

The Date Shift Operator component calculates a new date by adding a period of time to an existing date property or by subtracting a period of time from an existing date property. The new date is saved in a new date property. The time unit is expressed in seconds, minutes, hours, or days. You use this component to change an existing date into an earlier or a later date.

Example

In a chargeable item class called “Telephone Service”, you want to give a customer a time-credit of six seconds for each call. To define the payable period, you use the Date Shift component to recalculate the start date of the customer’s call.

Identification area

Name: Type the name of the component (mandatory).

Description: Allows you to type the description of the component (optional).

Definition tab

Date Property Name: Provides the list of date properties. Select a date property.

Computed Property Name: Type the name of the new date property that retrieves the calculation result.

Operation: Provides the list of operations. The default option is Subtraction. Select one of the following operations:

• Subtraction: The period of time is subtracted from the date property

• Addition: The period of time is added to the date property

Duration: Allows you to type the period of time that is added to or subtracted from a numerical property, or allows you to select a numerical property that represents the period of time.

Duration Unit: Provides the list of time units. The default option is seconds. Select one of the following time units:

• seconds

•  minutes

•  hours

•  days

• months

• years