Why setDisplayValue in glide date time object adding 6 hrs?

[Manikantahere]

var startdate =  2024-11-13

var gdtStartDate = new GlideDateTime();

  gs.print(gdtStartDate);

 gdtStartDate.setDisplayValue( startdate + ' 00:00:00');

Why it is printing date with 6 hrs.? as it is supposed to print with 2024-11-13 00:00:00?

2024-11-13 06:00:00

[Tapish Sharma1]

Make your startdate var a string

[Manikantahere]

thats typo here but i did so in background script.

[Manikantahere]

 var empstartdate = "2024-11-13" ;

 var gdtStartDate = new GlideDateTime();

  gs.print(gdtStartDate);

 gdtStartDate.setDisplayValue(empstartdate+ ' 00:00:00');

 gs.print(gdtStartDate);

restult :

*** Script: 2024-11-05 12:09:57
*** Script: 2024-11-13 06:00:00

[Juhi Poddar]

Hello @Manikantahere 

There is two small changes needed in the code:

1. variable startdate should be a string therefore change it to "2024-11-13"
2. Should be setValue instead of setDisplayValue 

Here is the update code:

var startdate = "2024-11-13";
var gdtStartDate = new GlideDateTime();
gdtStartDate.setValue(startdate + ' 00:00:00');
gs.print(gdtStartDate);

 output preview:

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Juhi Poddar