I am trying to get the current local time instead of the server time which

new Date()

returns. I found this answer here, I followed it, but noticed that the code at the end is a little bit weird, here it is:

var timeRecord = record.load({
  id: 1,
  type: 'customrecord_currenttime'
});

var timezone = config.load({type: config.Type.USER_PREFERENCES}).getValue({fieldId:"TIMEZONE"})

var currentTime = timeRecord.getValue('custrecord_currenttime_now');

var usersTime = format.format({
    value: usersTime,
    type: format.Type.DATETIME,
    timezone: format.Timezone.timezone
});

As you can see,

usersTime

is passed to

.format

which is weird. Also, shouldn't currentTime be the local time?

Date objects use server time

So why the answer mentions timezons?

you can use N/format to convert between a Date object and a datetime string in the current user's format

lol

look at format.Timezone if you want timezome options

ok

on the more practical side, I've never used N/format to do anything but format to and from the current user's datetime

Most of the time, I get confused by N/format too, always trying to avoid it.