Metrics

Time From Date

Calculates time elapsed from one date to another. Useful for durations, SLA measurements, aging reports, and deadline tracking.

# Basic usage

Save the last timestamp when an action was executed on a stub.

# Parameters

# category

optional

string

This is a grouping of metric within the stub.metrics root.

# fieldname

required

string

This is the fieldname to which the data will be written to in stub.metrics.

# time_unit

optional

string

This is the time unit to be used.
The following values are accepted: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years.

Default: seconds

# from_date_field

required

string

This is the date string to be used as the starting point for the calculation.

Default: now

# to_date_field

optional

string

This is the date string to be used as the ending point for the calculation.

Default: now