Usage of the .subtract() method

atishaytoma
Tera Contributor

‎01-20-2025 02:05 AM

What is the .subtract() method used for. 

 

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Ravi Gaurav
Giga Sage
Giga Sage

‎01-20-2025 09:31 PM

Hi @atishaytoma 
It used as below

subtract(GlideDateTime start, GlideDateTime end)

Returns the duration difference between two specified GlideDateTime objects.

Parameters
Name Type Description
start GlideDateTime Start date object.
end GlideDateTime End date object.
Returns
Type Description
GlideDuration Duration difference between the two specified dates.

Scoped equivalent:

To use the subtract() method in a scoped application, use the corresponding scoped method: subtract().

Example

 

 

var gdt1 = new GlideDateTime("2011-08-28 09:00:00");
var gdt2 = new GlideDateTime("2011-08-31 08:00:00");
 
var dur = GlideDateTime.subtract(gdt1, gdt2); // Difference between gdt1 and gdt2
gs.info(dur.getDisplayValue());

Output

 

2 Days 23 Hours
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SeemaJenitT
Tera Contributor

‎07-16-2025 11:06 PM

How we can subtract the date, weeks, months, year from the current date?

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Bert_c1
Kilo Patron
In response to SeemaJenitT

‎07-17-2025 11:49 AM

see:

 

GlideDateTimeAPI subtract

 

for usages of 'subtract()'.

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