set current date using ui action

[Sharique Azim]

Hi all,

i am trying to set the current date(only )using the ui action button.i have created a custom button named 'delete'.Now i want to set the valid to   field in the knowledge form to   be set with today's date.

here is the part of the code:

var dat = new GlideDate();

  dat.setValue(gs.daysAgo(0));//(gs.endOfToday());

  current.valid_to=dat.getDisplayValue(); //gs.now()

gs.addInfoMessage(gs.now());

even the message is not working

[Anurag Tripathi]

make this a serverside ui action and dont use new Date(as its JavaScript functions and will pick the browser's date not server)

use this to get the date

http://wiki.servicenow.com/?title=GlideDateTime#GlideDateTime.28.29&gsc.tab=0

[Mihir Mohanta]

Can you share the screen shot of the ui action form that you have created?

Thanks,

Mihir

[Mohammed Lais1]

Hi sharique,

use this two lines in your ui action code

current.setValue('valid_to',gs.now());

current.update();

[vamsi]

Hi Azim,

First thing is your field "valid_to" must be a Date Field it should not be Date Time Field (Field Type).

Check your UI action code whether it is enclosed in a function and will be called when UI Action is clicked

if it is like that then your code won't be worked that way because onClick is a client side one so gs can't perform your requirement

If it is serverside I mean code is not enclosed in a client side onClick function you can just do the following and it'll work for sure:

current.valide_to=gs.now();

current.update();

gs.now() gives you Date with the format "MMM-DD-YYYY" (ex: Jun-08-2016) and if the target field is of Date type it'll update with current date.