Issue
In a flow action, when a GlideDateTime object is stored in a local variable and passed as an output variable of String type or Date/Time, the flow execution details page displays the date/time in the user's time zone instead of in UTC format (Coordinated Universal Time).
The following code in a flow action script section demonstrates the issue:
(function execute(inputs, outputs) {
// ... code ...
var current_datetime = new GlideDateTime();
outputs.current_datetime = current_datetime;
outputs.current_datetime_in_datetime = current_datetime;
gs.log("*** GlideDateTime object *** " + current_datetime);
})(inputs, outputs);
In this example, current_datetime is an output variable of type String and current_datetime_in_datetime is an output variable of type Date/Time
After the flow execution, the date/time appears differently.
In the system log:
*** GlideDateTime object *** 2020-01-22 01:53:30 // in UTC
On the flow execution details page:
current_datetime 21-01-2020 17:53:30 // in User's timezone
current_datetime_in_datetime 21-01-2020 17:53:30 // in User's timezone
Release
All supported releases
Cause
The flow execution details page displays date/time using the GlideDateTime.getDisplayValue() method, which shows date/time in the user's time zone.
Resolution
To display date/time in UTC on the flow execution details page, use the GlideDateTime.getValue() method in your script.
Modify your script as follows:
(function execute(inputs, outputs) {
// ... code ...
var current_datetime = new GlideDateTime();
outputs.current_datetime = current_datetime.getValue();
outputs.current_datetime_in_datetime = current_datetime.getValue();
gs.log("*** GlideDateTime object *** " + current_datetime);
})(inputs, outputs);
After flow execution, the date/time appears consistently:
In the system log:
*** GlideDateTime object *** 2020-01-22 01:53:30 // in UTC
On the flow execution details page:
current_datetime 2020-01-22 01:53:30 // in UTC
current_datetime_in_datetime 2020-01-22 01:53:30 // in UTC
Related Links
For more about GlideDateTime API and methods, see the product documentation, GlideDateTime - Global
