Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Service Management2017.11

Develop > Programming Guide > JavaScript and Service Manager reference > Service Manager defined JavaScript objects > JavaScript object: XMLDate > JavaScript method: XMLDate.toSCDuration()

JavaScript method: XMLDate.toSCDuration()

This method converts an ISO 8601 duration string to an ITSMA Service Management duration string.

Syntax

XMLDate.toSCDuration( duration );

Arguments

The following arguments are valid for this function:

Argument	Data type	Required	Description
`duration`	ISO 8601 duration string	Yes	This argument contains the ISO 8601 duration string or variable value you want the script to convert to a Service Management duration string.

Return values

A string or null.

The method returns a Service Management duration string or null if the conversion fails.

Example

This example does the following:

Creates a new XMLDate object containing a hard-coded ISO date
Converts the ISO date/time to a Service Management duration string

print( "Creating XMLDate object..." );
var d = new XMLDate( "P01DT12H01M01S" );
print( "The value of the new XMLDate object is: " + d );
print( "Converting " + d.toString() + " to a SC duration..." );
var smDur = d.toSCDuration();
print( "The Service Management duration is: " + smDur );

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