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Miranda L 2Miranda L 2 

I tried to check Datetime.now() or System.now() gives incorrect time

Hi there,
I wondering when I tried to check to find out my current date then it gives me 2 hours back time.

User-added image    Datetime cDT = System.now();
    system.debug('Date Time: '+cDT);
    String LongDate = cDT.format('EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy');
    system.debug('long Date: '+LongDate);
   datetime d = Datetime.now();
   system.debug('d: '+d);
why my current time is not showing. I have checked the company information which is the exact my location but still the time showing 2 hours back. Please guide me.
 
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Mirdul VarshneyMirdul Varshney
Hi @Miranda 
Salesforce stores the time in UTC. If you want to change 'GMT' then I suggest using the below code to convert. 
Datetime UTC = System.now(); 
system.debug('Date Time: '+UTC); 
Organization orgDetails = [SELECT Id, TimeZoneSidKey FROM Organization WHERE Id = :UserInfo.getOrganizationId()]; 
String orgTime = UTC.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', orgDetails.TimeZoneSidKey); 
system.debug('long Date: '+orgTime);

// EX- IST 
String IST = UTC.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', 'IST');
 system.debug('IST : '+IST);


Kindly let me know if it helps you and close your query by marking it as solved so that it can help others in the future.
Thanks.

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Danish HodaDanish Hoda
Hi Miranda,
Please check the locale Timezone in your User record.
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Miranda L 2Miranda L 2
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I have debug to see again but it showing 

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If you see the Debug my time 14:11:33:003 but showing in debug 12:11:33
timezone is also correct according to timezone 
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please guide me

 
Mirdul VarshneyMirdul Varshney
Hi @Miranda 
Salesforce stores the time in UTC. If you want to change 'GMT' then I suggest using the below code to convert. 
Datetime UTC = System.now(); 
system.debug('Date Time: '+UTC); 
Organization orgDetails = [SELECT Id, TimeZoneSidKey FROM Organization WHERE Id = :UserInfo.getOrganizationId()]; 
String orgTime = UTC.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', orgDetails.TimeZoneSidKey); 
system.debug('long Date: '+orgTime);

// EX- IST 
String IST = UTC.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', 'IST');
 system.debug('IST : '+IST);


Kindly let me know if it helps you and close your query by marking it as solved so that it can help others in the future.
Thanks.
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Miranda L 2Miranda L 2
Hello @Mirdul Varshney
Thank you 
RajandraSRajandraS
Hi there,

You can also check the below code If you want to change 'GMT'. 
Timezone tz = Timezone.getTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata');
DateTime dt = Datetime.now();

system.debug('Actual Time of org ' + dt.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'));

system.debug('Current Local Time ' + dt.addSeconds((tz.getOffset(dt)/1000)));