How to grab time from the server?

[Jessica C]

Does anyone know a way/function (in FM7) to grab the time from the server rather than the user's computer?

[LaRetta]

You could use:

Get ( CurrentHostTimeStamp )

And parse the time out if necessary.

[Jessica C]

Thanks. That works very well.

Is there a similar function to get the date from the server?

[Jessica C]

Never mind. I just have to parse it as well.

[LaRetta]

Yes, rather simple, but in case someone else reads this thread and wants to know - this works for me ...

Calculation result should be date: LeftWords( Get ( CurrentHostTimeStamp ) ; 1 )

[Ender]

How about:

GetAsTime ( Get ( CurrentHostTimeStamp ) )

and

GetAsDate ( Get ( CurrentHostTimeStamp ) )

[Jessica C]

Actually, you don't even need to parse the timestamp. If you choose calculation result in either "Date' or "Time", you will get date or time only .

This worked perfectly for creation date and time of a record. How about modification?