{"id":2190282,"date":"2023-12-21T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2190282"},"modified":"2024-11-11T12:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:29:02","slug":"get-the-most-out-of-your-temporal-data-with-arcade","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/get-the-most-out-of-your-temporal-data-with-arcade","title":{"rendered":"Get the most out of your temporal data with Arcade"},"author":58731,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[777102,22941],"tags":[32551,661121],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-2190282","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcade","category-mapping","tag-arcade","tag-dates","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":58731,"user_firstname":"Lauren","user_lastname":"Ballantyne","nickname":"Lauren Ballantyne","user_nicename":"lballantyne","display_name":"Lauren Ballantyne","user_email":"lballantyne@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-06-30 19:39:04","user_description":"Lauren Ballantyne is a Product Engineer on the ArcGIS Online team and has a background in environmental science and conservation ecology. Her feature areas include Map Viewer, Arcade, and hosted feature layer views. Lauren is passionate about developing intuitive tools that help create engaging, informative, and data-rich web maps.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":319692,"user_firstname":"Taylor","user_lastname":"McNeil","nickname":"Taylor McNeil","user_nicename":"tmcneil","display_name":"Taylor McNeil","user_email":"tmcneil@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-10-06 12:43:53","user_description":"Taylor is a Product Engineer on the ArcGIS Online team based in Nova Scotia, Canada. She has received a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Applied Geomatics. When she's not at work, she can be found taking care of her houseplants, reading copious amounts of fiction, and exploring local thrift stores.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Learn how to refine date and time values with Arcade to create informative pop-ups, visualizations, and labels.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Time is an integral piece to data collection, management, and visualization. To streamline working with time-aware data, three new field types, <\/span>Time only, Date only, and Timestamp offset<\/span><\/a>, were introduced into ArcGIS Online. Arcade is a key component to leveraging dates and times to produce impactful and informative maps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New and updated functions<\/h2>\n

Several Arcade functions were updated and added to complement the arrival of these field types, providing you with an easy way to build maps around temporally significant data. A full list of these functions can be found in the <\/span>Arcade release notes<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the next section, we\u2019ll walk through some practical examples that showcase how you can use Arcade to get the most out of your temporal data. Within each example, we\u2019ll focus on a new field type \u2013 Time only, Date only, or Timestamp offset \u2013 and highlight how Arcade can be used in conjunction with these fields to produce informative pop-ups, visualizations, and labels in your web map.<\/span><\/p>\n

Practical examples<\/h2>\n

1. Time only<\/h3>\n

In this example, we have a point feature layer <\/span>indicating<\/span> locations of coffee shops throughout Texas, USA. Within the feature layer are two <\/span>Tim<\/span>e<\/span> o<\/span>n<\/span>l<\/span>y<\/span> fields which <\/span>indicate<\/span> the <\/span>tim<\/span>e<\/span> o<\/span>f day <\/span>each<\/span> store opens and closes. <\/span>Using these feature attributes <\/span>with<\/span> Arcade, we<\/span> can author a<\/span>n expression for our pop-up <\/span>that <\/span>will <\/span>dynamically display the <\/span>tim<\/span>e<\/span> until a <\/span>location<\/span> opens or closes depending on the <\/span>store\u2019s <\/span>operating hours<\/span> and the current local <\/span>tim<\/span>e<\/span> in Texas.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

\/\/ get local Texas time<\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> cst = Time()<\/span>\r\n\r\n\/\/ get store opening and closing hours<\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> open = $feature.store_open<\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> close = $feature.store_close<\/span>\r\n\r\n\/\/ if the store is open...<\/span>\r\nif<\/span> (cst >= open && cst < close) {\r\n  \/\/ find the difference between the store closing time and current time<\/span>\r\n  var<\/span> hrToClose = DateDiff<\/span>(close, cst)\r\n\r\n  \/\/ convert milliseconds to hh:mm:ss.sss format<\/span>\r\n  hrToClose = Time<\/span>(hrToClose)\r\n\r\n  \/\/ get hour(s) and minute(s) until store closes<\/span>\r\n  var<\/span> hh = Hour<\/span>(hrToClose) \r\n  var<\/span> mm = Minute<\/span>(hrToClose) + 1<\/span> \/\/ round up to next minute to account for no seconds in estimate<\/span>\r\n\r\n  \/\/ if the store will be open for > 1 hour, <\/span>\r\n  if<\/span> (hh >= 1<\/span>) {\r\n    return<\/span> `Closing in approximately ${hh}<\/span> hour(s) and ${mm}<\/span> minute(s).`<\/span> \/\/ provide estimate in hours and minutes<\/span>\r\n  }\r\n  \/\/ if the store is closing in less than an hour<\/span>\r\n  if<\/span> (hh == 0<\/span>) {\r\n    return<\/span> `Closing soon (approximately ${mm}<\/span> minutes).`<\/span> \/\/ provide estimate in minutes only<\/span>\r\n  }\r\n} \r\n\r\n\/\/ if the store is opening soon<\/span>\r\nif<\/span> (cst < open) {\r\n  var<\/span> hrToOpen = DateDiff<\/span>(open, cst) \/\/ get time until it opens in hh and mm<\/span>\r\n  hrToOpen = Time<\/span>(hrToOpen)\r\n  var<\/span> hh = Hour<\/span>(hrToOpen)\r\n  var<\/span> mm = Minute<\/span>(hrToOpen) + 1<\/span> \/\/ round up to account for no seconds in estimate<\/span>\r\n  \/\/ if the store is opening in > 1 hour<\/span>\r\n  if<\/span> (hh >= 1<\/span>) {\r\n    return<\/span> `Location will open in approximately ${hh}<\/span> hour(s) and ${mm}<\/span> minute(s).`<\/span> \/\/ provide estimate in hours and minutes<\/span>\r\n  }\r\n  \/\/ if the store is opening in < 1 hour<\/span>\r\n  if<\/span> (hh == 0<\/span>){\r\n    return<\/span> `Location will be open soon (approximately ${mm}<\/span> minutes).`<\/span> \/\/ provide estimate in minutes only<\/span>\r\n  }\r\n}\r\n\/\/ if the store is closed for the day<\/span>\r\nif<\/span> (cst >= close) {\r\n  return<\/span> `This location has closed for today. Please check back tomorrow.`<\/span>\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Once we know the store\u2019s operating hours, we can create a series of logical statements to determine if the store hasn\u2019t opened yet, is currently open, or has closed for the day based on the current local time. Using the DateDiff()<\/strong><\/a> function we can determine the difference between the current time and the store\u2019s operating hours and convert that result to an estimate in hours and minutes. Then, this value can be returned in a formatted string to display in our feature pop-ups, as seen below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2190872,"id":2190872,"title":"TimeOnlyCoffeeShop","filename":"TimeOnlyCoffeeShop.jpg","filesize":163362,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/get-the-most-out-of-your-temporal-data-with-arcade\/timeonlycoffeeshop","alt":"Pop-ups for coffee shops in Texas display the amount of time until a store opens or closes based on the local time in Texas.","author":"319692","description":"","caption":"Dynamic pop-ups for coffee shops in Texas, USA which use Arcade to display an estimate of the time until a store opens or closes depending on the current local time. ","name":"timeonlycoffeeshop","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2190282,"date":"2023-12-11 18:20:45","modified":"2023-12-11 18:38:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1674,"height":636,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":176,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":292,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop.jpg","large-width":1674,"large-height":636,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop-1536x584.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":584,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop.jpg","2048x2048-width":1674,"2048x2048-height":636,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop-826x314.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":314,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TimeOnlyCoffeeShop.jpg","wide_image-width":1674,"wide_image-height":636}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
2. Date only<\/h3>\n
A similar method to the <\/span>Tim<\/span>e<\/span> o<\/span>nly example can be used to visualize <\/span>layers <\/span>with <\/span>Date <\/span>o<\/span>nly<\/span> fields, so let’s dig in.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
 As the weather cools and snow starts to fly in <\/span>Canada\u2019s<\/span> capital, residents and visitors look for some winter fun. Luckily, we’ve made a<\/span>\u00a0map of winter attractions found across Ottawa. The winter attractions layer has <\/span>Date <\/span>o<\/span>nly<\/span> fields <\/span>containing<\/span> opening and closing dates for each attraction. A Date only field is used because some attractions, once open, are available 24\/7 so they have no associated time value. <\/span><\/span>As you can see from the legend, the pins are colored based on these dates. The Arcade expression driving the layer style utilizes the DateOnly()<\/strong><\/a> and DateDiff()<\/strong><\/a> functions to compare the current date to those stored for each <\/span>attraction and<\/span>\u00a0logically determines if the attraction is closed, opening soon, or open.<\/span> This<\/span> method<\/span> gives viewers instant feedback on the availability of each attraction, providing them with more <\/span><\/span>tim<\/span>e<\/span><\/span> (pun intended) for their next winter adventure.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2190322,"id":2190322,"title":"WinterAttractions","filename":"WinterAttractions.jpg","filesize":160550,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/get-the-most-out-of-your-temporal-data-with-arcade\/winterattractions","alt":"Point locations of winter attractions colored as green (open), light green (opening soon), and red (closed).","author":"58731","description":"","caption":"Winter attraction locations visually categorized as open, opening soon, or closed using Arcade.","name":"winterattractions","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2190282,"date":"2023-12-11 16:08:49","modified":"2023-12-11 18:53:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1001,"height":632,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions.jpg","medium-width":413,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":485,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions.jpg","large-width":1001,"large-height":632,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions.jpg","1536x1536-width":1001,"1536x1536-height":632,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions.jpg","2048x2048-width":1001,"2048x2048-height":632,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions-736x465.jpg","card_image-width":736,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WinterAttractions.jpg","wide_image-width":1001,"wide_image-height":632}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
\/\/ Variables containing the opening and closing days of the attraction <\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> openingDay = $feature.openDate<\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> closingDay = $feature.closingDate<\/span>\r\n\r\n\/\/ Variable containing today's date in date only format <\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> todaysDate = DateOnly()<\/span>\r\n\r\n\/\/ Calculate the number of days between today and opening day <\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> difDays = DateDiff<\/span>(openingDay, todaysDate, 'days'<\/span>) \r\n\r\n\/\/ Categorize feature based on date comparisons <\/span>\r\nWhen<\/span>( \r\n  difDays >= 15<\/span> || todaysDate > closingDay, 'Closed'<\/span>, \r\n  difDays > 0<\/span> && difDays < 15<\/span>,'Opening soon'<\/span>, \r\n  'Open'<\/span> \r\n  ); \r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
3. Timestamp offset<\/h3>\n
If you’ve leveraged the new Timestamp offset field type in Map Viewer, you may have noticed that the value will display differently when returned in a pop-up or label. This difference is a result of the varying return types supported in different Arcade profiles.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
When a Timestamp offset field is used to label features, the datetime value will return by default as unformatted, static text. This means the date and time will not respect the <\/span>web map time zone<\/span><\/a>, and instead will display in ISO 8601 format with the incident time shown relative to UTC. As a result, when labeling with a Timestamp offset field, we recommend performing some additional formatting to ensure dates appear as expected. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
For example, the web map below displays locations of earthquakes with a magnitude equal to or greater than 8 on a global scale. The date and time each earthquake occurred is stored in a Timestamp offset field. Because our team is located on the west coast of the US, we’ve set the web map time zone to America\/Los Angeles and have labeled each point with the date and time the earthquake was reported. However, the text returned to the label is hard to read and doesn’t honor the time zone of our web map.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2190962,"id":2190962,"title":"timestampOffset","filename":"timestampOffset.jpg","filesize":279114,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/get-the-most-out-of-your-temporal-data-with-arcade\/timestampoffset","alt":"Earthquake point features are labelled according to the time the even was recorded.","author":"319692","description":"","caption":"Feature labels with a Timestamp Offset field are shown relative to UTC (left) and converted to Pacific Standard Time using Arcade (right).","name":"timestampoffset","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2190282,"date":"2023-12-11 18:30:45","modified":"2023-12-11 18:41:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1514,"height":814,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":249,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":413,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset.jpg","large-width":1514,"large-height":814,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset.jpg","1536x1536-width":1514,"1536x1536-height":814,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset.jpg","2048x2048-width":1514,"2048x2048-height":814,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset-826x444.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":444,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/timestampOffset.jpg","wide_image-width":1514,"wide_image-height":814}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
With a few lines of Arcade, this problem is easily remedied! GetEnvironment()<\/strong><\/a> and ChangeTimeZone() <\/strong><\/a><\/span>can be<\/span> used to determine the web map time zone and convert the earthquake timestamp from UTC. <\/span>Once <\/span>the <\/span>timestamp is set to the correct time zo<\/span>ne, <\/span>T<\/span>ext(<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong><\/a> can be used to format how the label <\/span>is returned <\/span>to ensure <\/span>it is readable<\/span> to viewers of our map.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
\/\/ get the time zone of the web map  <\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> mapTZ = GetEnvironment().timeZone<\/span>\r\n\r\n\/\/ get timestamp of earthquake  <\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> quakeTime = $feature.incident_recorded<\/span>\r\n\r\n\/\/ Convert earthquake timestamp to the web map time zone (America\/Los Angeles) <\/span>\r\nquakeTime = ChangeTimeZone<\/span>(quakeTime, mapTZ) \r\n\r\n\/\/ Format the timestamp to be returned in the label <\/span>\r\nquakeTime = Text<\/span>(quakeTime, 'MMM DD, Y @ hh:mm:ss A ZZZZ'<\/span>) \r\nreturn<\/span> quakeTime \r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Final thoughts<\/h2>\n
We hope this blog has shed light on how you can <\/span>leverage<\/span> Arcade to <\/span>work with and <\/span>manipulate<\/span> temporal data. <\/span>The examples we walked through only scratch the surface of <\/span>wha<\/span>t\u2019s<\/span> possible, so we encourage you to take what <\/span>you\u2019ve<\/span> learned here and run with it. 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