Add a certain number of minutes/hours/days/weeks/months to a date field

This code snippet adds a certain number of minutes/hours/days/weeks/months to a date field.

Add the number of minutes/hours/days/weeks/months to the date field using Use(TimeCategory)

use (groovy.time.TimeCategory) {
     return <Date Object> + <Number of units>.<Unit>
 }

Placeholder	Description	Example

Placeholder	Description	Example
`<Date Object`>	Access the date field	`issue.get("created")`
`<Number of units>`	The number of units to be added	`5`
`<Unit>`	`is one of "minutes","hours","days" "weeks" or "months"`	`months`

The output of this code snippet is a Timestamp which you could use in a Groovy expression, for example to:

Calculate and display the issue creation plus 5 days in a Calculated Date/Time field
use (groovy.time.TimeCategory) { return issue.get("created") + 5.days }
Calculate and display the issue Due Date minus 3 months in a Calculated Date/Time field
use (groovy.time.TimeCategory) { return issue.get("duedate") ? issue.get("duedate") - 3.months : null }