Date Value Inconsistent

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

judym598 — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 01:20:14 GMT

To update - the todate() function evaluates the now() in GMT time so todate(now()) did not work for me when evaluating at 11:00 PM CST. The documentation states that to return a localized date for a process initiated by a user, the local() function must be nested within the todate() function. So - todate(local(pp!starttime)) returns the localized date when a given process started. Otherwise the date is returned in GMT.

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

judym598 — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:13:51 GMT

No - we haven't tried that but using the todate(now()) works.

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

martinc8721 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:02:45 GMT

have you tried calling an external service in order to get the dateTime and timezone you need?

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

judym598 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:17:34 GMT

No problem. Until it gets fixed, if you're needing to check a date using the today() function and the GMT issue could impact your results, the workaround I'm using should help, i.e., todate(now()).

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:07:19 GMT

OK. Thanks for the info.

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

judym598 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:59:22 GMT

FYI - I opened a support case for this and was told that this issue has been reported before and has been confirmed to be a bug. FYI - Appian is tracking this internally via AN-41155.

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

judym598 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:52:19 GMT

Yes - checked that as well.

RE: Date Value Inconsistent

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:47:10 GMT

Did you check the timezone settings in model properties? Appian itself is always GMT. Overwriting process timezone with the initiator timezone might help you.