DateConvert

Converts local time to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or UTC to local time.

The function uses the daylight savings settings in the executing computer to compute daylight savings time, if required.

Method Signature

DateConvert(conversionType=[string], date=[any])

Argument

Type

Required

Description

Default

conversionType

string

true

The conversion type. Valid values are "utc2Local" and "local2Utc".

date

any

true

The date to convert.

utc_datetime = dateConvert( "local2Utc", now() );

Result: {ts '2025-05-27 05:12:10'}

This example makes sense only if your server time is UTC. now() uses your server settings when creating a datetime object.

local_datetime = dateConvert( "utc2Local", now() );

Result: {ts '2025-05-26 22:12:10'}

writeDump( DateConvert( "Local2utc", "{ts '2006-01-26 02:00:00'}" ) );
writeDump( DateConvert( "utc2Local", now() ) );

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