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System Datetime Now() 12 hours off
Hi Everyone,
I have an Apex class that records the datetime certain fields change. On one field, System.Datetime.now() returns a value that is 12 hours earlier than it should be.
Ex. If the user updates the field at 4:00 PM, the datestamp shows 4:00 AM. I have confirmed that he user's time zone and the org time zone are the same.
Here is my code. The middle line (Product_Link_Complete__c) is the one that returns the incorrect datetime. The lines work as expected.
if (nq.Product_Complete__c != oq.Product_Complete__c) nq.Product_Completed_dt__c = System.Datetime.now();
if (nq.Product_Link_Complete__c != oq.Product_Link_Complete__c) nq.Product_Link_Complete_dt__c = System.Datetime.now();
if (nq.Product_Peer_Review_Complete__c != oq.Product_Peer_Review_Complete__c) nq.Product_Peer_Review_Complete_dt__c = System.Datetime.now();
Thoughts? TIA,
Matt
I have an Apex class that records the datetime certain fields change. On one field, System.Datetime.now() returns a value that is 12 hours earlier than it should be.
Ex. If the user updates the field at 4:00 PM, the datestamp shows 4:00 AM. I have confirmed that he user's time zone and the org time zone are the same.
Here is my code. The middle line (Product_Link_Complete__c) is the one that returns the incorrect datetime. The lines work as expected.
if (nq.Product_Complete__c != oq.Product_Complete__c) nq.Product_Completed_dt__c = System.Datetime.now();
if (nq.Product_Link_Complete__c != oq.Product_Link_Complete__c) nq.Product_Link_Complete_dt__c = System.Datetime.now();
if (nq.Product_Peer_Review_Complete__c != oq.Product_Peer_Review_Complete__c) nq.Product_Peer_Review_Complete_dt__c = System.Datetime.now();
Thoughts? TIA,
Matt
datetime.now() shows time in GMT. Use the format(String dateFormatString, String timezone) method to return the appropriate time zone time
You have to use System.Datetime.now().format. Check this for output - http://www.infallibletechie.com/2018/06/how-to-get-current-datetime-as-per.html