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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
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title: get (precision)
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## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Returns the integer value within the date, using the given precision.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`Integer`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Instance Method Syntax

```
thisDate.get(precision)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>precision</td><td>The unit of measure for the return value. Valid values (case-sensitive): <ul><li>YEAR
</li><li>MONTH
</li><li>DAY (The day of the month)
</li><li>DAY_OF_WEEK
</li><li>DAY_OF_YEAR
</li><li>HOUR
</li><li>MINUTE
</li><li>SECOND
</li><li>MILLISECOND
</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

Assume <i>dateWidget.value</i> is <i>03/01/2022 08:30:00</i>.

`dateWidget.value.get('MINUTE')`

Returns `30`.

## <a id="section_njs_xzl_zsb"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
date:get(date, precision)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>date</td><td>The input Date object, which is typically the value of a <code>date</code> tag.</td></tr><tr><td>precision</td><td>The unit of measure for the return value. Valid values (case-sensitive): <ul><li>YEAR
</li><li>MONTH
</li><li>DAY (The day of the month)
</li><li>DAY_OF_WEEK
</li><li>DAY_OF_YEAR
</li><li>HOUR
</li><li>MINUTE
</li><li>SECOND
</li><li>MILLISECOND
</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br/>