https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/575/kb-1344-datetext-returns-one-day-before-expected-dateen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/575/kb-1344-datetext-returns-one-day-before-expected-dateWed, 17 May 2017 19:02:30 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:a018f980-8f55-43a6-baf7-fbc22c7874b9Nick Vigilantehttps://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/575/kb-1344-datetext-returns-one-day-before-expected-date#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 5/17/2017 7:02:30 PM<br /> <h2>Symptoms</h2> <p>When a user timezone is GMT-1 and below, the function datetext() returns a day prior to the expected date.</p> <p>For example, a user with Eastern Time(America/New_York) set as their timezone will see &quot;2017/05/08&quot; as a result of this expression:&nbsp;</p> <pre>datetext(date(2017, 05, 09), &quot;yyyy/MM/dd&quot;)</pre> <h2>Cause</h2> <p>This issue has been reported to the Appian product team. The reference number for this issue is&nbsp;<strong>AN-43209.</strong></p> <h2>Action</h2> <p>Wrap the date with the gmt() function:&nbsp;</p> <pre>datetext(gmt(date(2017, 05, 09)), &quot;yyyy/MM/dd&quot;)</pre> <h2>Affected Versions</h2> <p>This article applies to all versions of Appian.</p> <p>Last Reviewed: May 2017</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: known issues, expression rules, application design, open issues</div>