Purpose This article explains how to handle timezone discrepancies when setting date fields in NetSuite via a Map/Reduce script, especially when using ISO 8601 UTC date strings from external systems. This ensures the correct calendar date appears in the NetSuite UI, regardless of the account’s timezone configuration. Problem Overview External systems often send date values… Continue reading Handling Timezone Conversion When Setting Date Fields in NetSuite via Map/Reduce Scripts
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Fixing the Off-By-One Day Date Issue in React Due to Timezone Shifts
When working with date pickers in web applications, especially in form-based interfaces, developers often encounter a common and frustrating issue: a date that was selected by the user appears one day earlier when reloaded in an edit form. This article explores how we resolved this issue in a React application using react-datepicker, and what you… Continue reading Fixing the Off-By-One Day Date Issue in React Due to Timezone Shifts
Date Validation and Comparison with Moment.js
Installing Moment.js: npm install moment Importing Moment.js: import moment from ‘moment’; Checking if a Date is Valid: One common task when working with dates is validating whether a given date is in a valid format. Moment.js simplifies this process using its parsing functionality. const dateStr = ‘2022-04-30’; const isValid = moment(dateStr, ‘YYYY-MM-DD’, true).isValid(); console.log(isValid); //… Continue reading Date Validation and Comparison with Moment.js
Time Zone Conversion with Moment.js in Next.js
Installation npm install moment Time Zone Conversion // Original date in GMT const originalDate = moment.utc(‘2024-04-22 12:00:00’); // Convert to a different time zone (e.g., New York) const convertedDate = originalDate.tz(‘America/New_York’); console.log(convertedDate.format(‘YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss’)); // Output: 2024-04-22 08:00:00 Input Format When specifying time zones in Moment.js, it’s essential to adhere to the city format recommended by… Continue reading Time Zone Conversion with Moment.js in Next.js
Setting Field Values Using the Date JavaScript Object
Scenario A developer uses the JavaScript Object new Date() when setting date field values via SuiteScript and is uncertain of the timezone being used by the API. Solution The date and time that is set to fields accepting new Date() varies depending on the current timezone set on the local computer it is running on. So in order to… Continue reading Setting Field Values Using the Date JavaScript Object
Convert Date() to a Different Time Zone Using JavaScript
Scenario User would like to get the current date in a different time zone using JavaScript. Solution In the following code snippet, currDate variable holds the current date and time in the given time zone: var toTimeZone=”+5:30″;var tz;if(toTimeZone.search(“:”)==-1){tz=parseFloat(toTimeZone);}else{tz=parseFloat(toTimeZone.slice(0,toTimeZone.search(“:”)))+parseFloat(toTimeZone.slice(toTimeZone.search(“:”)+1)/60)}var date = new Date();var utc = date.getTime() + (date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000);var currDate = new Date(utc + (3600000*tz));currDate = currDate.toString();var currDate… Continue reading Convert Date() to a Different Time Zone Using JavaScript
Setting Field Values Using the Date JavaScript Object
Scenario:A developer uses the JavaScript Object new Date() when setting date field values via SuiteScript and is uncertain of the timezone being used by the API. Solution: The date and time that is set to fields accepting new Date() varies depending on the current timezone set on the local computer it is running on. So in order… Continue reading Setting Field Values Using the Date JavaScript Object
Get today’s date in a different timezone using the search
Get today’s date in a different timezone using the search
Script to add five days to today’s date and convert the date to another time zone
Script to add five days to today’s date and convert date to another time zone
Setting a Date value in Date type custom field in NetSuite and change the timezone
When we fetch a date value format from a custom field (Type is date) we get the format as “2022-07-13T07:00:00.000Z” ISO format. we have to convert this form into M/D/YYYY format. For that use this syntax below: Module: N/format var dateNeededByNew = rec.getValue({field:date}); // 2022-07-13T07:00:00.000Zvar formattedDateString = format.format({value : dateNeededByNew,type:format.Type.DATE //If we need time also… Continue reading Setting a Date value in Date type custom field in NetSuite and change the timezone