How to sabe GetDate() in Eastern TimeZone

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How to sabe GetDate() in Eastern TimeZone

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asp__developer
Posting Yak Master

108 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-18 : 17:00:20

I have default value in a column as "GetDate()" but the time it saves is the server time on which the database is sitting.

As database is hosted in different time zone, when I see the values, I don't get correct time as I want time to be saved in eastern standard time zone.

any help ?

James K
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3873 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-18 : 18:04:48

Store the time in UTC (using GETUTCDATE() instead of GETDATE()). Then, depending on whether it is daylight savings time or standard time, subtract 4 or five hours. Now it is daylight savings time, so you would do this to get Eastern Daylight Time:

DATEADD(hh,-4,GETUTCDATE())

If you have a server that is set up to adjust for the daylight and standard times in eastern time zone , you can convert from UTC to Eastern without having to hardcode 4 or 5 like this:

DATEADD(hh,DATEDIFF(hh,GETUTCDATE(),GETDATE()),YourUTCDateColumn)

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