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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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parent_url: /wcp_docs/
title: extractValue (precision, date)
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## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Returns the extracted integer number from a give date or time, using the provided precision.

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

`Integer`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
date:extractValue(precision, date)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>precision</td><td>A string indicating the date or time precision. Valid values (case-sensitive): <ul><li>YEAR
</li><li>MONTH
</li><li>DAY
</li><li>HOUR (12-hour format)
</li><li>HOUR_OF_DAY (24-hour format)
</li><li>MINUTE
</li><li>SECOND
</li><li>MILLISECOND
</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>date</td><td>A Date object, typically a reference to the value of a date or time tag</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

`date:extractValue('HOUR', timeInput.value)`

Returns the hour field of the date object.