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is there any reason to use `N/config` for config.Type.*USER_PREFERENCES* versus `N/runtime` *runtime*.getCurrentUser().getPreference() ?
the latter seems to be way faster, so I cant see a reason to use config.load()     just curious what the general consensus was

other than potentially needing to do config.load().*getText()* for some reason, that was the only thing I could think of ,  the N/runtime version appears to always just give the value.
Thanks

I dont think you get certain things from runtime, like the date format from the system settings, company name/information

I only use config when absolutely necessary bc it usually requires the script to be on an elevated access since most users dont have access to company settings.

hmm good to know on the permission access portion, didn't think of that. agreed though, I've always been favoring runtime.
in the case I just needed DATEFORMAT &amp; TIMEZONE which it seemed to provide just fine