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How to Start Date and End Date in automatic task creation based the month.

Rekhadevi Velur September 13, 2021

I am creating a set of monthly tasks in automation rules and each task has different start and end dates.

for example task 1 - start date first Monday  End date after 2 weeks i.e. second Friday.

task 2- start date second Monday  and End date after 2 weeks

right now I am using the smart values to set these dates, like

startdate = {{now.plusMonths(1).ofTheMonth(1, 1)}} 

enddate = {{now.plusMonths(1).ofTheMonth(2, 5)}}

This way only works if the month is starting on a Sunday or Monday. How to calculate it if the month is not starting on any other day? or is there a way in smart values to get dates based on the current year and month?

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Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__
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September 13, 2021

Hi @Rekhadevi Velur I'm not sure I understand it correctly...you need to have startdate and enddate always in next month? Can you describe it in more detail pls?

Rekhadevi Velur September 13, 2021

Yes. I am creating tasks for next month and setting their start and end dates.

Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__
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September 13, 2021

Hm, your smart values look correct to me. What value is set if the beginning of the month is not Sunday or Monday?

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