# Date Operation

Enables changes to date values for a specific column within the selected table. Date values can be modified by any increment from Years down to Milliseconds. Time zones are treated as Static values. 

The results can either Override Input Column, or create a new Column.

#### Add to Date 

Adds selected unit of measure to each row with the selected column of date values. 

#### Subtract From Date 

Subtracts selected unit of measure to each row with the selected column of date values.

#### Difference Between Dates, 

Creates a new column with the difference between two selected columns using the specified unit of measurement 

#### Get Part of Date 

Creates a new column with the specified part of the date for the selected column. 

#### Convert Time Zone 

The time zone must be in the IANA format ie: US/Central 

For more information see: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones>

To select from a dropdown list of time zones, select “Static Value” for the original and/or new time zone.&#x20;

#### From Unix Epoch&#x20;

The input must be a timestamp in seconds (10-digit), milliseconds (13-digit) or microseconds (16-digit).


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