https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/2529/hi-all-i-have-a-question-regarding-datetext-function-if-i-supply-aHi All, I have a question regarding datetext function...If I supply a list of dates such as 5/31/2014, 5/31/2014, 6/1/2014...it would only display the formats for the month of May. It ignores the 6th month which is the last value supplied. Basically iten-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/8891?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:33:14 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:e175aaaf-0610-49e3-af0b-fc6015ccd80daswinbThe function text gets me the perfect output...thanks to jesse..<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/8890?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:32:49 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:17f0140c-65db-4e20-9f34-a028e0eb3468aswinbIf i enclose the dates inside gmt function i am getting the following output: 000/2014, 000/2014,....etc<br /><br />This is the code:<br /><br />local!monthYears: apply(fn!datetext, apply(fn!gmt, local!list), &quot;mmm/yyyy&quot;)<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/8889?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:52:30 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ecc4a677-af2a-4ddb-ad8e-d6c6e6895318Adam GlaserJesse is correct and the workaround he provides (datetext(gmt(ri!date),&quot;MMM dd yy&quot;)) is the correct one. This is a known issue in the product at this time.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/8869?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:53:42 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ee606f84-b2ca-48e4-87be-35e0281a4451jesse.triplettThe default time of a date is right on the line of midnight. It sounds like it is taking in 6/1 12:00am and subtracts 5 hours to reach 5/31 7pm. Try something like datetext(gmt(ri!myDate),.... )<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/8867?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:49:21 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:79ee1a32-3315-4fec-8960-20371a2e10e2aswinbmy working calendar is UTC-5:00 Eastern Time(America/New_York)....so that shouldn&#39;t do anything to it....<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/8866?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:45:41 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:91a05f6d-b54d-484a-8ef4-82592ed26368aswinbsorry disregard my comment above...its converting 6/1 to 5/31...i didn&#39;t understand what you meant by user preferred calendar?<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/8863?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:24:57 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:8cfd309d-dc26-40e7-b189-e55dad171105aswinbNo it is dropping off 6th month...<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/8862?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:06:59 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:265e2ac5-bb29-4b71-a029-c3d872f8e6a6jesse.triplettTwo things to check--<br />1) Are you just testing in the expression editor? I&#39;ve experienced multiple date inputs have the last date dropped before, so I would retest it with your real data.<br />2) If the 6th month is being displayed as the 5th month, check your user preferred calendar. Depending on whre the date is read from it may be converted to/from GMT and the hour shift may be placing 6/1 as 5/31<div style="clear:both;"></div>