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Java SOAP API Date problem

Hi guys,

 

I have a very strange problem with a custom DateTime field. When I write any date+time value, the date will write correctly but the time portion will always be written at 01:00:00 For example the java Date object contains 2013-09-24T15:53:27.000Z (as confirmed by a trace output statement) then when the field is written to Salesforce it will display as "24/09/2013 01:00". Fields are being written in the usual way:

 

javaDate=new Date();

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" );
String strFormattedDate = sdf.format(javaDate);

System.out.println("javaDate="+strFormattedDate);

 

SObject[] records=new SObject[0];

records[0].setType("CustomTable__c");

records[0].setField("DateCreated__c", javaDate);

saveResults = conn.create(records);

 

Any idea why this is happening? Is it something about my custom Date/Time field "DateCreated__c" ???

 

Thanks,

Mark.

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SuperfellSuperfell

IIRC, in WSC (which it looks like you're using, but you don't say), Date is used for date only values and Calendar is used for date/time values. (so set your field value to Calendar.newInstance() instead of new Date() and see how that works)

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SuperfellSuperfell

IIRC, in WSC (which it looks like you're using, but you don't say), Date is used for date only values and Calendar is used for date/time values. (so set your field value to Calendar.newInstance() instead of new Date() and see how that works)

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Code monkey see code monkey doCode monkey see code monkey do

Thanks that was the problem :)
Code monkey see code monkey doCode monkey see code monkey do

Now another problem. When I pass the Calendar object it seems to ignore the timezone component

 

Our Salesforce timezone is set to GDT (GMT+1)

 

I pass a Calendar object with the time set to "2013-09-24 15:53:27" and the timezone set to "GMT"

 

The time written to Salesforce is "2013-09-24 14:53:27", which is then displayed in the UI as "24/09/2013 15:53"

 

This is the same regardless of what timezone I set in the Calendar object. The time will always be written as "2013-09-24 14:53:27"

 

What I think is happening is that the Calendar timezone component is being ignored, Salesforce interprets the time as "15:53:27 GDT" and converts it to "14:53:27 GMT" before storing it.

 

Is there any way I can force the SOAP API to write the date/time as I specify it and not make any adjustments???

 

Thanks
sasamosasamo
I was troubled with the same phenomenon, too.
You should use Java Calender class for SFDC Datetime.

Thanks.