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Setting a date using C#, what am I doing wrong?

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Posted on by Hussman 3,755

I have the code below that is giving me an error:

#region
if (entity.Contains("account") && entity["account"] != null)
{
EntityReference a = (EntityReference)entity.Attributes["account"];

//DateTime today = DateTime.Today;

Entity notes = new Entity("account");
notes.Id = a.Id;
notes.Attributes.Add("new_callstoday", new DateTime(today));
service.Update(notes);
}
#endregion

 

I am trying to add todays date to a field.

Can anyone help?

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    Aileen Gusni 44,524 on at

    Hi Hussman,

    Change to this:

    if (entity.Contains("account") && entity["account"] != null)

    {

    EntityReference a = (EntityReference)entity.Attributes["account"];

    DateTime today = DateTime.Today;

    Entity notes = new Entity("account");

    notes.Id = a.Id;

    //notes.Attributes.Add("new_callstoday", new DateTime(today));//

    notes.Attributes.Add("new_callstoday", DateTime.UtcNow);

    service.Update(notes);

    }

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    Hussman 3,755 on at

    Hi thank you for the amendment, but it did not work. I got a plugin error.

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    Hussman 3,755 on at

    Sorry, yes it did work. Thank you Aileen.

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