Date/Time Shortcuts

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The following table outlines the date/time shortcuts that you can use in calculation formulas. If Historian accepts an abbreviation for the shortcut, in addition to the full shortcut, the abbreviation appears in bold in the following table.

Table 1. Date/Time Shortcuts
Shortcut Description
Now Now (the time and date that you execute the query)
Today Today at midnight
Yesterday Yesterday at midnight
BOY First day of year at midnight
EOY Last day of year at midnight
BOM First day of month at midnight
EOM Last day of month at midnight

Relative Date/Time Shortcuts

Optionally, you can add or subtract relative times to the absolute times listed in the following table. The following table outlines the relative time shortcuts. If Historian accepts an abbreviation for the shortcut, in addition to the full shortcut, the abbreviation appears in bold in the following table.

Table 2. Relative Date/Time Shortcuts
Shortcut Description
Second Second
Minute Minute
Hour Hour
Day Day
Week Week
Note: You cannot write a shortcut as 5h3m. Instead, you can write this shortcut as: Today+5h+3min.