Date & Time consultants
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About Date & Time
The Date & Time node in n8n converts, formats, and manipulates date and time values within your workflows. It handles the tedious but critical work of translating timestamps between different formats, time zones, and representations so that downstream systems receive dates in the exact format they expect.
Date formatting issues are one of the most common causes of automation failures. One system stores dates as “2026-02-15”, another uses “15/02/2026”, and a third expects a Unix timestamp. An API returns times in UTC, but your reporting tool needs AEST. The Date & Time node handles all of these conversions without requiring custom JavaScript code.
The node supports several operations: converting between date formats (ISO 8601, Unix timestamps, custom patterns), adding or subtracting time intervals (add 30 days for a due date, subtract 7 days for a lookback period), extracting components (get the month, day of week, or quarter from a date), and converting between time zones. You can chain multiple operations to handle complex date logic.
At Osher, we use this node in every data processing workflow that involves dates, which is most of them. It is particularly important in our system integration projects where data flows between Australian and international systems with different date format conventions. Getting date handling right from the start prevents data corruption and reporting errors downstream.
Date & Time FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about how Date & Time consultants can help with integration and implementation
What date operations does this node support?
How does the node handle time zone conversions?
Can I use this node to calculate future or past dates?
Why not just use JavaScript expressions for date handling?
What date format issues does this node prevent?
Can Osher help configure date handling in our automations?
How it works
We work hand-in-hand with you to implement Date & Time
As Date & Time consultants we work with you hand in hand build more efficient and effective operations. Here’s how we will work with you to automate your business and integrate Date & Time with integrate and automate 800+ tools.
Step 1
Process Audit
We document the date and time formats used by every system in your workflow. This includes API timestamp formats, database date columns, spreadsheet date formats, and the time zones each system operates in. We identify where format mismatches currently cause errors or require manual correction.
Step 2
Identify Automation Opportunities
We identify where Date & Time nodes can eliminate manual date reformatting and prevent format-related errors. Common targets include reporting workflows that aggregate data from systems using different date formats, integration points between Australian and international systems, and scheduled jobs that need dynamic date calculations.
Step 3
Design Workflows
We design workflows with Date & Time nodes at each format transition point. Each node is configured with the exact input format, output format, and time zone settings needed. We include validation steps that catch unexpected date formats before they cause downstream errors.
Step 4
Implementation
We configure Date & Time nodes in your n8n workflows with the correct format strings, time zone settings, and calculation parameters. We test each conversion with sample data covering edge cases like leap years, month boundaries, and daylight saving changeover dates.
Step 5
Quality Assurance Review
We test date handling with boundary dates (end of month, end of year, leap day), daylight saving transitions (first Sunday in April and first Sunday in October for AEST), and various input formats including null and empty values. We verify that every system in the workflow receives dates in its expected format.
Step 6
Support and Maintenance
We update date format configurations when systems change their API date formats or when new integrations are added to your workflow. We also review date logic before daylight saving transitions to confirm time-sensitive workflows still execute at the correct times.
Transform your business with Date & Time
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