javascript:gs.minutesAgoStart on Scheduled Job script

[nogizaka46_jame]

I was trying to use a scheduled job to create a change ticket, if I want to set the work start / work end field to a specific time, what's the equivalent of javascript:gs.minutesAgoStart when I translate It to a script using the scheduled job? The thing is the I've already used the javascript:gs.daysAgoStart and javascript:gs.daysAgoEnd for the date using the template within the scheduled job. Or Is It much better if I use a full script for the date/time field for workstart/workend field of the change ticket?

Regards,

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hello James,

For date field use gr.FIELDCOLUMNAME = gs.now(); //Here gr is the gliderecord object

For date/time field use gr.FIELDCOLUMNAME = gs.nowdatetime(); //Here gr is the gliderecord object

Sample:

var gr = new GlideRecord("sys_user");
if (gr.get(event.parm1.toString())) {
       // Do something based on the Password Changing
       gs.log("The user password changed so do something else...");
       gr.u_password_last_reset = gs.now();
       gr.update();
}

Reference:

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=GlideSystem_Date_and_Time_Functions

[chirag_bagdai]

Hi James,

If you want to set Work Start / Work End to specific time and that time is fixed then you can assign as a string also, for example :

gr.start_date = '2016-08-10 12:00:00';
gr.end_date = '2016-08-10 18:00:00';
gr.update();

[Pradeep Sharma]

Minor change. I've seen issues if we set the date directly. Instead, create a GlideDateTime object from a GlideDate object by passing in the GlideDate object as a parameter to the GlideDateTime constructor.

Sample code:

var gDate = new GlideDate();

gDate.setValue('2015-01-01');

gs.info(gDate);

var gDT = new GlideDateTime(gDate);

gs.info(gDT);

[nogizaka46_jame]

Thanks Pradeep, I was just only having a problem on setting the work start/end time field on the change ticket, for the date I've already set It on the template.