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days_ago
Returns the date that's a specified number of days before another date in Salesforce Spiff.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer Editions |
| Available for an additional cost in: Professional Edition with Web Services API Enabled |
Syntax
days_ago(start_date, number_of_days)Arguments
| Argument | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| start_date | Required | The Date or Date & Time value to evaluate. This argument supports any date functions. To specify a date as a string in YYYY-MM-DD format, use the date() function and enclose the string in double quotes. |
| number_of_days | Required | An integer that specifies the number of days ahead or behind to find the date for. Positive values count days in the past, and negative values count days in the future. |
Example
Return the date that's 14 days before a deal's close date.
=days_ago(CloseDate, 14)Return the date that's 14 days after a deal's close date.
DaysAgo = days_ago(CloseDate, -14)Return the date 10 days after the start of the statement period.
=days_ago(statement_period.start_date, 10)Return the last day of the previous statement period, or done day before the current statement period.
=days_ago(statement_period.start_date, 1)Return the date 30 days ago from a text-formatted date.
=days_ago(date("2024-03-31"), 30)See Also
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