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What the best line of code for getting the current date time for user preferred time zone?

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RE: get current datetime

Try this

DateTimeUtil::getSystemDate(DateTimeUtil::getUserPreferredTimeZone()))

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RE: get current datetime

That's date not datetime

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DateTimeUtil::applyTimeZoneOffset(DateTimeUtil::getSystemDateTime(), DateTimeUtil::getUserPreferredTimeZone()))

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RE: get current datetime

Hi brianmaric,

In addition to the Nuno Maia, You can also make use of "utcNow"method in "DateTimeUtil" class.

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Girish S.

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RE: get current datetime

nice, but need the time zone applied

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RE: get current datetime

[quote user="Nuno Maia"]
DateTimeUtil::applyTimeZoneOffset(DateTimeUtil::getSystemDateTime(), DateTimeUtil::getUserPreferredTimeZone()))
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You can apply any time zone using applyTimeZoneOffset method

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RE: get current datetime

is that different from this..

DateTimeUtil::newDateTime(DateTimeUtil::getSystemDate(DateTimeUtil::getUserPreferredTimeZone()),

DateTimeUtil::getTimeNow(DateTimeUtil::getUserPreferredTimeZone()));

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RE: get current datetime

I guess both will return same output.

Have you check that?

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Girish S.

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