SuiteScript 2.0 local DateTime or DateTime Math
My server is in the Northwest region but our corporate office is on the east coast…
I need to be able to record a datetime within a suitescript 2.0 scheduled script.
How can I either…
- retrieve the current, local (Eastern) timezone datetime, or…
- retrieve the current datetime and add 3 hours to it…
Thanks
I use something like this:
var system_offset = 420; // System offset from GMT, in minutes (for us, we are in Pacific time)
var user_offset = new Date().getTimezoneOffset() – system_offset; // User offset from System offset
You can then use user_offset for your date calculations.
So, on the east coast that would be 300…
…but that would not account for daylight savings time if it is in minutes… correct?
Correct. At the moment I have to change that system_offset value twice a year. *sigh*
If I’ve understood your question correctly, maybe this SuiteAnswer will help?
https://netsuite.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32122
(btw it mentions SS1.0 but that’s easily re-written as SS2.0)
Interesting…but it seems a bit of a hack to create a custom record for something that should be doable within code…
I found the answer I needed….
Since I know that my server time is Pacific and I am always 3 hours ahead in Eastern, even with Daylight Savings Time…
This works. Additionally, I recommend the momentjs library for any handling of dates. Just makes things pretty easy.
