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cwl1983
New Participant
July 23, 2020
Question

Adding 2 hours to current time

  • July 23, 2020
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Hello all,

Im sorry if this has been asked, i have been through all the help docs and through google.  i am new to Acrobat DC and am trying to create a JavaScript that adds 2 hours to the current time.  I dont need the entire date, only the hours.  ie. i save my form and it automatically says the time in "arrival" 2 hours from the system time.  I am able to get the current time to populate with:

 

var f = this.getField("arrival"); f.value = util.printd("HH:MM", new Date());

 

and tried adding the variables i could find to add 2 hours two it. I tried using the adding the 5 days format i found in the community and tweaking it to my need to no avail:

 

var f = this.getField("arrival");var twohours = .83 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;var theNewDate = new Date (finalTime); f.value = util.printd("HH:MM", new Date());

 

can anyone help?

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try67
try67
Braniac
July 23, 2020

Use this:

 

var f = this.getField("arrival");
var now = new Date();
var twohours = 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
var theNewDate = new Date(now.getTime()+twohours); 
f.value = util.printd("HH:MM", theNewDate);
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    cwl1983Author
    New Participant
    July 23, 2020

    THANK YOU!!! i have been trying every possible combo of variables i could think of or find.

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    gkaiseril
    Inspiring
    July 23, 2020

    It is possible to add 2 hours to the current time of a given time of day if the result does not cross the end of the day or the tme in which there is a change for Daylight Savinngs Time. One can split the time format inot hours and minutes and then adjust the value for the hours.

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    Test Screen Name
    Braniac
    July 23, 2020

    You set twohours then don't do anything with the value. Take a closer look at the examples you are trying to adapt. You need to understand what you use. 

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