[lp_date_localtoUTC]

Description

Converts a date from server timezone to UTC/GMT timezone.  Works around behavior in LP8.1.0 that will blindly convert dates without checking if already in UTC/GMT time (thus incorrectly shifting the time out of UTC/GMT).

Sample Usage

lp_date_localtoUTC: date;

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// works around behavior in LP8.1.0 that will blindly convert dates without checking if already in UTC/GMT time

define_tag:'lp_date_localToUTC',
	-description='Converts a date from server timezone to UTC/GMT timezone.',
	-priority='replace',
	-optional='date';
	
	if: !(local_defined:'date');
		local:'date' = date;
	/if;
	if: #date->type != 'date';
		#date = lp_date_stringtodate: (string: #date);
	/if;
	if: #date->gmt;
		return: #date;
	/if;
	return: (date_localtogmt: #date);
/define_tag;

]

Related Tags

• lp_date_UTCtoLocal

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