XPages: create current Datetime in ssjs and save to a Datetime Notes form field

Question

The only way i have found to store date in a Datetime field in a notes form is this:

theDoc2.replaceItemValue("lastAccess",session.createDateTime("Today"));

But this only creates a Date, not DateTime. Also, i dont want to create a static time like "Today 12" but i want the current datetime dynamicly.

Using this i get an error (Exception occurred calling method NotesDocument.replaceItemValue(string, Date) null):

theDoc2.replaceItemValue("lastAccess",@Now());

and using this, the form field changes from Date/Time to Text data type and i want to keep Date/Time type:

theDoc2.replaceItemValue("lastAccess",@Now().toLocaleString);

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Just gave it a try:

as you wrote, .replaceItemValue("fieldName", @Now()) throws an error.

However, I got it to work with

.replaceItemValue("fieldName", session.createDateTime(@Now()))

In that case the value is stored in the Notes field as Time/Date with all necessary components as in

17.01.2014 12:45:51 CET

From what I can see, difference between the two is that @Now() returns a Date data type, whereas session.createDateTime() returns a NotesDateTime object

On the other hand, for me it's also working with your original method:

session.createDateTime("Today")

Don't know what's causing the prob on your side; do you have an editable represantion of the field on you xpage? If so, does it have some kind of converter enabled which could do some filtering during submit?

Answer 2

i will answer my own question as i found a way. Please comment if you think it is not correct or best practice...

theDoc2.replaceItemValue("lastAccess",session.createDateTime("Today"+@Now().toLocaleTimeString()));

Answer 3

A little late, but I had the same problem, but this method resolved it:

        DateTime datumtijd = session.createDateTime("Today");

        datumtijd.setNow(); //!!!!!!

        System.out.println((datumtijd).toString());

Hope it helps :)