Hi, If you are on the same timezone as the server, and your clock is accurate, you should see the same thing regardless of where the $DATE$ was called (server or client).
If you are on a different timezone, the date-time returned by $DATE$ will vary. If the server sets $DATE$ to "2012-03-31" it will add "00:00:00" as time giving us "2012-03-31 00:00:00" from the servers perspective. Depending on if you are before or behind the serer from a timezone-perspective, you might see: 2012-03-30 22:00:00 2012-03-30 23:00:00 2012-03-31 00:00:00 2012-03-31 01:00:00 2012-03-31 02:00:00 And if it is a field that shows only the date-part and hides the time, you might see the following depending on the client timezone setting: 2012-03-30 2012-03-30 2012-03-31 2012-03-31 2012-03-31 But it will always be the same number of seconds since the birth of Unix (1970-01-01 00:00:00 GMT), which is some comfort as least... Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011) Products from RRR Scandinavia (Best R.O.I. Award at WWRUG10/11): * RRR|License - Not enough Remedy licenses? Save money by optimizing. * RRR|Log - Performance issues or elusive bugs? Analyze your Remedy logs. Find these products, and many free tools and utilities, at http://rrr.se. > Yes, this is an escalation that does the set field. Both server and client > are in the Eastern Time Zone, so very strange. > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:04 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Where does $DATE$ come from? > > ** > And…being yesterday was daylight savings day….are the client/server in the > same tz, do they both honor dst same? > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Joe Martin D'Souza > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:37 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> > Subject: Re: Where does $DATE$ come from? > > ** > > Depending on what is used to set it.. Is it an Active Link? Or a > Filter/Escalation? > > In case of an Active Link, the $DATE$ would taken from the client. > > In case of server side workflow objects, Filters or Escalations, they are > set from the AR System application server (not the database application > server). > > Joe > > From: Brittain, Mark<mailto:mbritt...@navisite.com> > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 12:28 PM > Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> > Subject: Where does $DATE$ come from? > > ** > Hi All, > > Where does the $DATE$ function get the date/time information, the OS > server or the database server. This may seem like a strange question but > yesterday I had a case where $TIMESTAMP$ was work correctly and diary > field entries were correct but the $DATE$ was on hour behind as 3/10/2012 > 23:00:00 PM. Strangely today, it working correctly as 3/12/2012 00:00:00 > AM > > ARS 6.3 patch 20 > SunOS 5.9 > Oracle 9.2 > > Thanks > Mark > > Mark Brittain > Remedy Developer > ITILv3 Foundation > NaviSite – A Time Warner Cable Company > mbritt...@navisite.com<mailto:mbritt...@navisite.com> > Office: 315-453-2912 x5335 > Mobile: 315-317-2897 > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com<http://www.wwrug.com> ARSlist: "Where the > Answers Are"_ > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com<http://www.wwrug.com> ARSlist: "Where the > Answers Are"_ > > ________________________________ > This e-mail is the property of NaviSite, Inc. It is intended only for the > person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that > is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure. > Distribution or copying of this e-mail, or the information contained > herein, to anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"