Add time to date

Use the Add time to date action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. to add an amount of time to a DateTime value and output the value in ISO 8601 format as a DateTime or Text value.

For example, users enter a DateTime value into a Nintex form field for a subscription start date. You want to send a subscription renewal reminder 10 months after the subscription start date.

You configure the Add time to date action to add 10 months to the DateDate value entered in the form. The action changes a DateTime value of December 19, 2018 10:58 AM to a DateTime value of 2019-10-18T23:58:00Z (UTC+00:00). The new DateTime value is stored as a variable which you use in later in the workflow.

Configure the Add time to date action

In the Designer page:

1. Click the Operations action group in the action toolbox.

   or

   Find actions by browsing action groups or by typing an action name or function in the Search field at the top of the action toolbox.

2. Drag the Add time to date action to where in the workflow you want to add time to a DateTime value.
3. Click the Add time to date action.
4. Select the Date you want to add time to.
5. Type values in the time unit fields for the time you want to add to the Date value.
   • Months
   • Days
   • Hours
   • Minutes
6. Select a variable for Output as date.

For more information on the fields, see Format date to string action fields.