"gr.getValue()" and "gr.getByFormat('hh:mm:ss')" return different times

[Community Alums]

Hi Team,

I am drafting the below script to extract the HH:MM:SS from a date/time field for mapping to other fields ---

However, I'm seeing a 12-hour discrepancy. Please observe the attached snip [PFA-1].

Can anyone help me understand why there are two different times returned by '.getValue' and '.getByFormat' respectively? This is the target field[PFA-2].

var ct = new GlideRecord('u_coverage_tickets');

ct.addQuery('sys_id','004f3a4587c34154eaf041d8cebb3546'); //COT0001758

ct.query();

gs.log("CT-test " + ct.getRowCount());

if (ct.next()){

var gdt = new GlideDateTime(ct.u_previous_task_date);

gt = gdt.getTime();

gs.info("  value is " + gt.getValue()); //  *** Script: value is 1970-01-01 17:00:00

gs.info("  time is " + gt.getByFormat('hh:mm:ss')); // *** Script:   time is 05:00:00

}

[Community Alums]

Hi @Community Alums 

I’m not sure why getTime() is not working. Maybe your table is in a scoped app?

Alternate:

var ct = new GlideRecord('u_coverage_tickets');

ct.addQuery('sys_id','004f3a4587c34154eaf041d8cebb3546'); //COT0001758

ct.query();

gs.log("CT-test " + ct.getRowCount());

if (ct.next()){

gs.addInfoMessage((ct.u_previous_task_date.toString().split(‘ ‘))[1]);

}

Thanks!

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[Community Alums]

@Community Alums 

I can see you’re using gs.addInfoMessage on last line.

Try gs.info(gdt.getTime());

Thanks!

Please mark this response as correct and helpful if it works 👍✔️