Does new Date return the same time in MR scripts and in UE scripts?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

The

new Date()

function in JavaScript returns the current date and time. However, the timezone in which this date and time is returned can vary depending on where the script is being executed. In NetSuite, User Event (UE) scripts are executed on the server side, and the server may be in a different timezone than the client. Therefore,

new Date()

in a UE script will return the server's current date and time, which may not match the client's local date and time. On the other hand, Client scripts in NetSuite are executed in the user's browser, so

new Date()

in a Client script will return the date and time in the user's local timezone. In Map/Reduce (MR) scripts, which are also server-side scripts like UE scripts,

new Date()

will return the server's current date and time. So, to answer your question,

new Date()

does not necessarily return the same time in MR scripts and in UE scripts if the server hosting the MR script and the server hosting the UE script are in different timezones. To handle timezone differences, you can use NetSuite's

N/format

module to convert dates to strings and vice versa, taking into account the desired timezone. Here's an example:

javascript
var format = require('N/format');

var todayDate = new Date();
var formattedDate = format.format({
    value: todayDate,
    type: format.Type.DATE,
    timezone: format.Timezone.AMERICA_NEW_YORK
});

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