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AddHours

Returns the UTC date and time for the hour that is the number of hours specified earlier than or later than the specified date and time.

Syntax

AddHours(numHours, baseDateTime, timeZone)

Enabled For

For a description of the business object categories, see Notes on "Enabled For".

Business Object Category	Yes/No
Business Rules: Before-Save Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (After Save, with or without Also Recalculate on Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, without Also Recalculate On Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, with Recalculate On Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Editing Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Initialization Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Read Only Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Required Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Validation Rules	Yes
Client Expressions	Yes
Object Permissions	Yes
Services	Yes
LDAP	Yes
Mobile	Yes
Quick Actions (except UI Quick Actions)	Yes
UI Quick Actions	Yes
Reports	Yes
Search/Dashboard without field references	Yes
Search/Dashboard with field references	Yes

Parameters

numHours	(Optional) The number of intervals. If not specified, uses the default interval which is 0. Can be either a positive integer, to indicate hours in the future, or a negative integer, to indicate hours in the past.
baseDateTime	(Optional) The base time for the function. If not specified, uses the default time which is the current date and time.
timeZone	(Optional) The time zone, in IANA format.

Returns Value

DateTime value in UTC time.

If the system has to display the return value, it implicitly converts it to text, thereby allowing the display format to change depending on your culture code. See Available Languages and Cultures for a list of the culture codes used by Service Manager.

Example

$(AddHours(4))

If today is April 10, 2014 at 07:30 AM, this function returns the DateTime value for April 10, 2014 at 11:30 AM.

 

$(AddHours(-4))

If today is April 10, 2014 at 07:30 AM, this function returns the DateTime value for April 10, 2014 at 03:30 AM.

 

$(AddHours(10, mydate))

If the value of the mydate parameter is April 10, 2014 at 07:30 AM, this function returns the DateTime value for April 10, 2014 at 5:30 PM.