When tried in design mode, the dateTime() returns the correct local time.

But when the robot is uploaded to the server, I get a totally diffrent time. What exactly does dateTime() return when the robot is launched from your server: your server time (it looks like a US West Coast time)? The time on the server of the fetched URL? In case it is your server time, do you have many servers in multiple time zones, or is this time unique?

To get the time to my local zone, do I have to transform the time I get from dateTime()? In my profile on this site, I have specified a time zone in "Site Options". Does this have any influence on the result of dateTime() ?

Hi,

The dateTime() is tied to the system clock of the server which execute the robot. Hence a server running in the US and a server running in Germany would at the same point in time return different timestamps when the dateTime() is called.

Currently all OpenKapow servers are located within the same physical location, and the system clocks should (to my information) be synchronized, but this might very well change in the future.

To help you along, I have created a small REST service which return the current GMT time:

http://service.openkapow.com/demo/curretngmttime.rest

This will always return the GMT time, regardless of where it is called from, and where it is executed. Of cause you can update the returned timestamp to match your local timezone, or you can use this service as a basis for your own implementation.

Kind regards,

Kenneth Andersen

Kapow Support Team

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