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MSCRM 2011 Date fields time format

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Posted on by Community Member Microsoft Employee

Hello all,

              I have a requirement that based on date reported datetime input filed i need to send email notifications to users on hourly basis by using time in the date reported field. But time in input datetime fileds are storing in different manner i am  not able to get what time zone it is. The default CRM fields createdon and modifiedon are storing in UTC format only. How can i achieve this using custom input datetime field. Please help me in this.

Thanks

Satish

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    Nithya Gopinath Profile Picture
    Nithya Gopinath 17,076 on at
    RE: MSCRM 2011 Date fields time format

    Hi Satish,

    You can edit your field as follows where you can select Time Zone Independent or User Local. Refer link below:

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn946904.aspx

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    Hope it helps.

    Thanks

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: MSCRM 2011 Date fields time format

    Hello Satish Kumar,

    Refer this link:

    You can change it to "Date only", "User Local" , "Time-zone Independent" in the "Behaviour option" as shown in this link :

    www.inogic.com/.../handling-datetime-fields-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-update-1
    "Behaviour" option is a new settings option from Dynamic CRM 2015 Update 1.

    Hope this helps :) Thank you

    Please do verify if you find it helpful :)

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    Nithya Gopinath Profile Picture
    Nithya Gopinath 17,076 on at
    RE: MSCRM 2011 Date fields time format

    Hi Satish,

    Please refer the links for converting CRM Date Time to Server Local Time and some facts about CRM Date Time.

    http://www.magnetismsolutions.com/blog/paulnieuwelaar/2012/05/11/convert_dynamics_crm_2011_datetime_to_server_local_time_in_a_plugin

    http://www.powerobjects.com/2012/06/07/crm-2011-truths-about-datetime/

    Hope it helps.

    Thanks

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