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Date Time issue when add Task using web API - Javascript

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Posted on by Community Member Microsoft Employee

Hi,

Here I'm creating a task using web api JS.

Dynamics CRM always saves "Scheduled Start" & "Scheduled End" as Local Date Time.  But I'm getting 13 hours 30 minutes difference between local datetime and saved DateTime.

var objAddTask = {};
var sd = new Date("2018-02-20T00:00:00");
var ed = new Date("2018-02-21T00:00:00");

objAddTask["scheduledstart"] = sd;
objAddTask["scheduledend"] = ed;

stringJSONTask = JSON.stringify(objAddTask);

var oDataSelect = serverUrl + "/api/data/v8.0/tasks";
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
datatype: "json",
url: oDataSelect,
data: stringJSONTask,
beforeSend: function (XmlHttpRequest) {
XmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
XmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
XmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Prefer", "odata.include-annotations=*");
XmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("OData-MaxVersion", "4.0");
XmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("OData-Version", "4.0");
},
success: function (data, textStatus, XmlHttpRequest) {
alert("success");
},
error: function (xmlHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
alert("Status: " + textStatus + "; ErrorThrown: " + errorThrown);
}

 

Can anybody suggest me?

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  • Suggested answer
    gdas Profile Picture
    gdas 50,089 on at
    RE: Date Time issue when add Task using web API - Javascript

    Hi Chaya,

    Your answer-  Convert UTC date time to Pacific Canada and US.

    var offset = -8; //For Canada and Pacific set offset

    var localdate = new Date(); //Local Time

    var utcConvertDate = localdate.toUTCString();  //Convert to UTC

    var currnetDate = new Date(utcConvertDate);  //Convert to date object

    var datePacific = new Date( currnetDate.getTime() + offset * 3600 * 1000).toUTCString().replace( / GMT$/, "" )

    console.log(datePacific);

    Hope this helps.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Date Time issue when add Task using web API - Javascript

    Thanks Alex!

    I have configured "Pacific Time US & Canada" timezone in options.

    var sd = new Date("2018-02-20T13:30:00Z");

    Can you please suggest me that how to convert "sd" (UTC datetime) to "Pacific Time US & Canada" timezone.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Date Time issue when add Task using web API - Javascript

    Thanks Goutam!

    I tried that code, but It gives me an error 'Cannot convert the literal '2018-02-20T00:00:00' to the expected type 'Edm.DateTimeOffset'

    Can you suggest me another way?

  • ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,477 on at
    RE: Date Time issue when add Task using web API - Javascript

    Hi,

     wondering if that's consistent with the timezone offset configured in your "options" in Dynamics? In that case you may need to convert those values to UTC time and use timezone (Z):

    var sd = new Date("2018-02-20T13:30:00Z");

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    gdas Profile Picture
    gdas 50,089 on at
    RE: Date Time issue when add Task using web API - Javascript

    Hi Chhhaya,

    Could you please convert your date as UTC when you are passing.

    var d = new Date();

    var n = d.toUTCString();

    you can refer below link for more information -

    community.dynamics.com/.../dynamics-crm-datetimes-the-last-word

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