Workflow timer to wait for if today is five days from the "effective date"

[Nathan Okh]

I'm trying to kick off a workflow task that will wait until today is 5 days from the "effective date" before kicking off the rest of the workflow creating a task etc.

Is this possible using the condition builder? A script will do.

Thanks!

[James Chun]

Hey @Nathan Okh,

I am assuming it's Workflow not Flow, if so you can use a Timer workflow activity.
An example below:

// Set 'answer' to the number of seconds this timer should wait
var effectiveDate = new GlideDateTime(current.variables.getValue('effective_date'));
effectiveDate.addDays(5);

var nowGDT = new GlideDateTime();

answer = gs.dateDiff(nowGDT, effectiveDate, true);

Note that if you update the 'effective date' after the activity is executed, the timer will NOT reset.

Cheers

[Sumanth16]

Hi @Nathan Okh ,

If you're getting the value from a form field, set the value for Timer based on "A date/time or duration field" and then select your field.

If you're getting it from a variable, set the value for Timer based on "Script", then in the script field use the code below.

answer = gs.dateDiff(gs.nowDateTime(), current.variables.term_date, true);

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Sumanth Meda