Help with Flow Designer input variable script for getting current date and adding days to it

[jlaue]

Hello - 

I am trying to get a script to work in a Flow Designer flow, input variable.  I just want to get the current date in the script and then add 60 days to it and return that value, however it keeps returning a null value. 

Here is what I have for the script:

var date = new GlideDate();

var review = date.addDays(60);

return review;

Also tried just new Date();

Not sure if this script is wrong or if it just isn't formatted properly to work within Flow Designer.  

Thanks!

[Brian Lancaster]

Are you creating a scripted action for this? If not were are you putting the script in flow designer?

[Sheldon Swift]

Hi @jlaue - What are you doing with the date? You can return a string like this:

// Create an instance of GlideDateTime to get the current date and time
var gdt = new GlideDateTime();

// Add 60 days to the current date
gdt.addDays(60);

// Format the date
var date = gdt.getDate();
gs.info(date.getByFormat('dd/MM/yyyy'));

[Community Alums · Accepted solution]

Hi @jlaue ,

I think you should use GlideDateTime in these type of scenarios.

Snippet should be something like this-

(function() {
    var gdt = new GlideDateTime();
    gdt.addDaysLocalTime(60);
    return gdt.getDate().toString();
})();

[jlaue]

Thanks for the quick help!!   I was able to utilize that script to get it to work: