Date and time methods

Business Central provides many date and time methods. In the following sections, we will cover several of those that are more commonly used, especially in the context of accounting date-sensitive activity:

• Today, Time, and CurrentDateTime methods
• WorkDate method
• Date2DMY, Date2DWY, DMY2Date, DWY2Date, and CalcDate methods

Today, Time, and CurrentDateTime methods

Today retrieves the current system date. Time retrieves the current system time, as set in the operating system. Both Today and Time are influenced by the time zone client setting.

CurrentDateTime retrieves the current date and time in the DateTime format, which is stored in UTC international time (formerly referenced as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)) and then displayed in local time. The syntax for each of these is as follows:

DateField := Today;
TimeField := Time;
DateTimeField := CurrentDateTime;

These are often used for date- and time-stamping transactions or for filling...