How can I unify the time in a workflow email with the UI time?

Owned by Jana Volencová
Last updated: Aug 01, 2022 by Jan Panoušek
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Question

Currently, the workflow email mentions time which is one hour behind the UI time. The datetime is inserted into the workflow email template with the following snippet:

$workflowHistory.activeStep.approvalDate; format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"$

Answer

The date in the workflow email uses server time (UTC), whereas the date in the UI is according to the browser's timezone. To unify it, use $workflowHistory.activeStep.approvalDatePartitionDefaultTZ$ and set Default Timezone in Configuration according to the user's browser timezone (e.g., Europe/Vienna). This way, daylight saving times are taken into account.

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