How to set the logged in user date or date/time format with the help of client scripts?

[Shantharao]

Hi All,

How to set the date time with the help of client scripts?

Is it possible to ser date and time without using Ajax call in the client script?

Thanks

[Mark Roethof]

Hi there,

Here's some nice reading for you:
https://www.servicenowguru.com/scripting/client-scripts-scripting/client-side-dates-in-servicenow/

If my answer helped you in any way, please then mark it as helpful.

Kind regards,
Mark
2020 ServiceNow Community MVP
2020 ServiceNow Developer MVP

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[asifnoor]

Hi,

Refer to this link where i have shown how to use date validations in the client script with examples.

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=a26dac761b4e8010a59033f2cd4bc...

Kindly mark the comment as a correct answer and helpful if it helps to solve your problem.

Regards,
Asif
2020 ServiceNow Community MVP

[Shantharao · Accepted solution]

With this simple client script code we can set date and time to the Date/Time type field or variable

function onLoad() {
var dt = formatDate(new Date(), g_user_date_time_format);
alert(dt);
g_form.setValue("u_date", dt);
}

[Amar Birajdar1]

Thanks for the solution. I am new to NOW platform and the code snippet above worked for me.