Get Version Release Date

[Jozef Vandenmooter]

Has anyone found a way to pull a Version's Release Date out of Jira? We have ScripRunner, but I only find the releaseDate(release date query) function.

I need to add a column (using an Expr formula) to structures created with the Structure plugin that lists the Release Date. 

The fact that an issue can be associated with multiple fix/affects versions probably complicates matters.

Thanks,

Jozef    

[Jozef Vandenmooter · Accepted solution]

There are two solutions to this. The first is to use a Scripted field:

import java.util.Date

Collection versions = issue.getFixVersions()
if (versions==null || versions.size() != 1) {
    return null
}
else
{
    def version = versions.iterator().next()
    new Date(version.releaseDate.time)
}

I had to set the Custom Template to:

 $datePickerFormatter.withStyle($dateTimeStyle.DATE).format($value)

However, a Scripted date field does not appear in the Date section. The better solution is to use a Listener (thanks Joe from Adaptavist) that fills out a field of type Date Picker and is linked to the Issue Updated event:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder
import java.util.Date

def issue = event.issue
def cFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def projectedReleaseDateField = cFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectsByName("Proj Release Date")[0]
Collection versions = issue.getFixVersions()
if (versions==null || versions.size() != 1) {
  projectedReleaseDateField.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(projectedReleaseDateField), null), new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())
  return null
}
else { 
  def version = versions.iterator().next() 
  def releaseDate = new Date(version.releaseDate.time) 
  projectedReleaseDateField.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(projectedReleaseDateField), releaseDate.toTimestamp()), new DefaultIssueChangeHolder()) 
}

[Jozef Vandenmooter]

@Derek Fields _RightStar_ Thanks for the response. Apparently, there's more than one way to do this.

I want the Release Date field to show up in the Dates section, so I am using a regular Custom Field of type Date Picker and a Behaviour (a scripted field always appears in the Details section):

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import java.sql.Timestamp
import java.text.DateFormat
import java.util.Date

def releaseDateField = getFieldByName("Release Date")

Collection versions = underlyingIssue.getFixVersions()

if (versions==null || versions.size()!=1) {
return null
}
else {
def version = versions.iterator().next()
def releaseDate = new Date(version.releaseDate.time)
releaseDateField.setFormValue(releaseDate.format("dd/MMM/yyyy")) 
}

However, it has 1 serious flaw: the new date value only appears on the View screen after the issue is edited a second time. No change needs to be made to it - just an Edit and Update makes the new date value appear. Any idea why that is? Even a re-index does not make it show up. I must be missing something obvious here...

[Jozef Vandenmooter]

I opened a ticket with Adaptavist for this, and it appears this does not work because the script reads the fix version of the field, and until the fix version is saved in the update/edit, it cannot read it as a proper fix version (but rather just a form value in the field).

They suggest to use a Listener instead. 

[Derek Fields _RightStar_]

The Version object has a getReleaseDate() method that returns the release date.

It looks like  you should be able to use VersionManager.getFixVersionsFor(issue) to get a collection of Fix Versions associated with the issue. Each of these can be queried using getReleaseDate() for the date.

Does that help?