Transform map .

naveenvenka · a week ago

There is feild in staging table called created , which is in mutliple formats like GMT , IST etc..
before inserting the data into target table , need to change created on every record to IST
Can someone help how can i approach this one.

Pradeep Thipani · Saturday

Hi @naveenvenka ,

You need to use a Transform Script for this. In the onBefore Script, check the source record’s timezone and then convert it into the required timezone before inserting into the target table.

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Pradeep

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Shashank_Jain · Saturday

Hii @naveenvenka ,

If you are moving data from a staging table to target table using a Transform Map, the right place to normalize the created field is in a Transform Script.

If only created field needs conversion → use a field transform script.
If multiple datetime fields → use an onBefore transform script for efficiency.

Giving you a logic I tried on PDI in background script to convert GMT timezone to IST -

var gmtDate = "2025-08-30 12:00:00 GMT";  // Sample GMT timezone

function convertToIST(rawDate) {
    var gdt = new GlideDateTime(rawDate); // GMT/UTC parse
    gdt.addSeconds(19800); // add 5 hrs 30 mins → IST
    return gdt.getDisplayValue();
}

gs.info("GMT Input : " + gmtDate + " | IST Output: " + convertToIST(gmtDate));

Hope it helps!

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