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title: "Transaction Script Date and Time Addition and Subtraction"
slug: "transaction-script-date-and-time-addition-and-subtraction"
updated: 2023-01-06T15:48:57Z
published: 2023-01-06T15:48:57Z
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# Transaction Script Date and Time Addition and Subtraction

Catchpoint allows you to add formatted dates into Transaction scripts using the `TimeTrim()` and `Time()` macros. These macros return the current date formatted according to the parameters provided.

If you want to return another time relative to the current time, you can use the `sub()` and `add()` submacros to subtract or add time to the current time, respectivey. Both submacros take time values of days, months, or years and adds them accordingly. The number of time units should be prefixed with the time unit. **Days** are denoted with ***d***, **months** are denoted with ***mo***, and **years** are denoted with ***y***. In Decimal Time, **hours** are denoted with ***h***, **minutes** are denoted with ***mi***, **seconds** are denoted with ***ss*** and **milliseconds** are denoted with ***msc***.

**Example 1:**

```
//Create Variables to save dates
var addMonth= ${TimeTrim(MM/DD/YYYY,sub(mo63))};
var dayAdd= ${TimeTrim(MM/DD/YYYY,add(d7))};
var addYear = ${Time(MM/DD/YYYY,add(y7))};

//Use variables to open google page to verify.
//"Treat 40X or 50X HTTP Response as successful test run" should be enabled
open("google.com/${var(addMonth)}")
open("google.com/${var(addYear)}")
open("google.com/${var(dayAdd)}")
```

**Example 2:**

//Get a time that is ten minutes ago in a specific format (you may use `time` or `timeTrim` to change the format by including or excluding time values).

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Format** | **Command** |
| YYYY/MM/DD/HH:MI | ${TimeTrim('YYYY/MM/DD/HH:MI',sub(mi10))} |
| HH:MI | ${Time('HH:MI',sub(mi10))} |