How to hide fields based on time

[SusanSchwar]

I have a user who wants a yes or no field hidden at certain times on a servuce catalog request item. Between 8 am and 5 pm the field should be hidden. I know I need to use an onload client script for this, but I can't seem to find the code to make it work. Any suggestions are appreciated. 

[BrianProvencher · Accepted solution]

function onLoad() {
// Get the current time
var now = new Date();
var currentHour = now.getHours(); // returns 0-23

// Define the field name you want to show/hide
var fieldName = 'u_custom_field'; // Replace with your actual field name
// Hide the field between 8 AM and 5 PM (inclusive of 8, exclusive of 17)
if (currentHour >= 8 && currentHour < 17) {
gForm.setDisplay(fieldName, false);
} else {
gForm.setDisplay(fieldName, true);
}
}

[GlideFather]

@BrianProvencher it looks good 👍

@SusanSchwar just check on your global property whether your instance is 12 or 24 format and pray for being it 24 😄 as it would be easier to achieve..

EDIT: correction prey > pray

[SusanSchwar]

Thank you!

[SusanSchwar]

Thank you, this was helpful. Ultimately, I needed a server-side script included in my client script to get the time. Here is the script for anyone this may help.

function onLoad() {

    var today = new Date();

    var today_datetime_str = formatDate(today, g_user_date_time_format);

    var time = today_datetime_str.split(' ');

    var hour = time[1].toString().split(':');

    if (parseInt(hour[0].toString()) >= 7 && parseInt(hour[0].toString()) <= 15) {

        g_form.setMandatory('is_the_request_urgent', false);

        g_form.setVisible('is_the_request_urgent', false);

    } else {

        g_form.setVisible('is_the_request_urgent', true);

    }

    /*

   if(GlideTime >= '07:00:00' || GlideTime <= '15:00:00'){

    g_form.setVisible('is_the_request_urgent', false);

    }else{

        g_form.setVisible('is_the_request_urgent', true);

    }

    */

}