Dates and JS client

Pierre N

Hi,

when running my js client, I need to manage dates and timezones correctly.

eg the user creates an object which has a creation date, which will be later submitted to the server when he hits the save button.

For this I need the server date and timezone, and the client timezone so I can store the object, not with the client date, not with the server date, but in universal date format.

I didn't find in the REST API where to get the server date and timezone. Do I have to do it in our own REST API ?

Thanks,

Pierre

 

Ferdinand Prantl

There is no REST API in CS Core returning the server time zone.

If you enable the client time zone support at ?func=admin.datetime, CS REST API will send date values in UTC and expect the same in request bodies. When you initialize a Date instenace properly in the local time zone, you can use it to format a UTC date to pass to CS. For example:

  // Convert the UTC string received from the server  // to a Date instance in the local time zone.  function fromServerDateString (serverDateString) {    return new Date(serverDateString)  }  // Convert the Date instance to a string in ISO 8602 with  // the UTC date. CS does not accept the value returned by  // Date.prototype.toISOString, which includes milliseconds.  function toServerDateString (date) {    function pad(n) {      return n < 10 ? '0' + n : n    }    return date.getUTCFullYear() + '-'           + pad((date.getUTCMonth() + 1)) + '-'           + pad(date.getUTCDate()) + 'T'           + pad(date.getUTCHours()) + ':'           + pad(date.getUTCMinutes()) + ':'           + pad(date.getUTCSeconds()) + 'Z'  }