How to get previous month with year in server script

[RK41]

Hi SNOW Community,

I need to print previous month with year value (YYYYMM) in custom field whenever user updates record. I will use BR for this modification. So anyone please suggest me a way to achieve it.

Ex: (Just have to get previous month with an year)

1. Consider today date is 09 Sep 2023, when user updates record, I want to print 202308 in custom text field.

2. For an example today date is 03 Jan 2024, when user updates record, I want to print 202312 in custom text field.

Thanks,

RK

[Vishal Birajdar · Accepted solution]

Hello @RK41 ,

Try below script in background script and check if its fulfill you need.

var d = "2024-01-12"

var date = new GlideDateTime(d);

date.addMonthsUTC(-1); // -1 will subtract one month from current date
 
gs.info("Previous Date=" + date);

// Split the date

var pDate = date.toString().split("-")[0] + date.toString().split("-")[1];

gs.info(pDate);

Output : 

[RK41]

Thanks Vishal. I have tried the same way. Now its working as I expected.

var gdt = new GlideDateTime();
gdt.addMonthsLocalTime(-1);
var localDt = gdt.getLocalDate();

var name = localDt.toString().replace("-","");
var YM= name.slice(0, 6);
gs.info(YM);

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@RK41 

So please share what script did you try and what didn't work?

[RK41]

Hi Ankur,

I got the solution and updated the script in previous reply. Thanks.